Thursday, June 11, 2026
Brown Wimpenny: “Manchester has a strong folk culture, there’s a big Irish diaspora and lots of sessions in pubs”
Eleven musicians, three cities, and a rule that nobody turns a profit. Julian May meets the collective putting the North West’s neglected folk repertoire centre stage
Brown Wimpenny (photo: Sorcha Frances Ryder)
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