Jon Wilks

“Jon’s a badman fingerpicking guitarist and leading exponent of the songs of old Albion.” - Carl Barât, The Libertines “Jon Wilks is the real deal. He has a deep love for folk music which is coupled with intelligence, curiosity and musicianship. He is a fine guitar player, a really good singer and an excellent writer to boot. What he does is capture the essence of his material.” - Martin Simpson Jon Wilks plays acoustic fingerpicking guitar and focuses mainly on traditional folk songs. His first album Songs from the Attic came out in 2017, followed by his album of Brummie folk songs in 2018 (Midlife). This was followed by an EP, The Trial of Bill Burn Under Martin's Act in 2019. Jon is also a member of The Grizzly Folk. He has recorded with Slow Jane ft Katherine Priddy, Lukas Drinkwater and Jon Nice. In October 2020, Jon released Mary Ashford's Tragedy as a single, once again featured Katherine Priddy on vocals. In 2022, he contributed to Jackie Oates' album, Gracious Wings, and in May, 2023, his highly-acclaimed album Before I Knew What Had Begun I Had Already Lost was picked as Guardian Folk Album of the Month. Jon is also the founder and editor of the Tradfolk website and presenter of The Old Songs Podcast. Through the autumn and winter of 2023/24, he toured with one of his musical heroes, Martin Carthy.