Womenfolk

About Womenfolk

Womenfolk tells the fascinating stories of women working in roots music, both on stage and behind the scenes. Maria Wallace hosts interviews with female artists and creatives across roots music genres, highlighting the interconnectedness of artists and folk traditions around the world. Maria has been a grassroots music promoter under the name True North Music for over 10 years, hosting concerts in Yorkshire and booking UK tours for some of the finest artists in folk-roots, bluegrass and Americana. Maria won the Yorkshire Gig Guide’s Outstanding Promoter Award in 2017, attended the Leadership Bluegrass programme in Nashville in 2019 and was nominated for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s IBMA’s Industry Involvement Award in 2021. She is also a singer and songwriter herself, and is passionate about championing women in roots music. We want to acknowledge the support of Arts Council England, whose Developing Your Creative Practice grant enabled Maria to bring you this pilot season (4 episodes) of Womenfolk.

Publisher

Maria Wallace, True North Music

Category

music · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 May 2025

Latest episode

25 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

5 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Jun 2025

   Womenfolk - in conversation with Brandi Waller-Pace

   Brandi Waller-Pace discusses founding the Fort Worth African-American Roots Music Festival and Decolonizing the Music Room, aiming to center marginalized voices in music education in this interview.

2. 

   11 Jun 2025

   Womenfolk - in conversation with Kate Griffin

   Kate Griffin, a multi-instrumentalist, discusses her innovative banjo playing and genre-blurring musical adventures as a member of Mishra in an interview on the Womenfolk podcast.

3. 

   21 May 2025

   Womenfolk - in conversation with Melody Walker

   Welcome to my conversation with Melody Walker, a brilliant songwriter, singer and musician from California. Melody’s star is in the ascendant as an in-demand co-writer in Nashville, Tennessee, and she recently won a Grammy Award! Melody is a remarkable singer and performer with lots of interesting projects on the go, including the band BERTHA – Grateful Drag, which is causing quite the sensation. I’ve known Melody for a number of years and previously worked with her bluegrass-roots band Front...

4. 

   7 May 2025

   Womenfolk - in conversation with Hannah Read

   Welcome to Womenfolk, and my delightful conversation with Hannah Read, an acclaimed Scottish fiddle player, singer, songwriter and guitarist currently living in California. I first met Hannah around 10 years ago (the house concert we discussed was actually in December 2015!) and have always been blown away by her wide-ranging talent, her beautiful music and her zest for life. This conversation was recorded in late February 2025, and is published as Episode 2 of Womenfolk (the trailer was Epis...

5. 

   1 May 2025

   Introducing Womenfolk - conversations with women in folk and roots music

   Womenfolk is a new podcast telling the stories of women working in roots music, on stage and behind the scenes. Maria Wallace (True North Music) hosts in depth interviews with female musicians, songwriters, creatives and organizers. Maria has been a grassroots music promoter in Yorkshire, UK for over 10 years, hosting concerts and booking tours for some of the finest artists in folk, roots, bluegrass and Americana. Over the years she has formed friendships with many talented women who ...

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