Co-bill of Zoe Mulford and Ariane Lydon

Zoe Mulford is becoming best known as the author of “The President Sang Amazing Grace,” which was covered by Joan Baez in 2018 and received an International Folk Award as Song of the Year at Folk Alliance International. She is also a powerful and engaging performer in her own right. She backs her voice with guitar or claw-hammer banjo, drawing on the traditional music of Appalachia and the British Isles and to create music that feels both comfortably lived-in and sparklingly fresh.

In 2006, she moved to the north of England. She now divides her time between Philadelphia, PA and Manchester, UK and tours on both sides of the Atlantic. She has been a Kerrville Newfolk finalist and a Falcon Ridge Emerging Artist. Her songs have been recognized by the Great American Song Contest and the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, and appeared in Sing Out! Magazine.

Her song “Welcome In Another Year” has become a seasonal favorite on folk radio. It has been performed by many other artists, including John Roberts and Tony Barrand in their Nowell Sing We Clear Christmas revue and Four Shillings Short in their Samhain show.

“Ariane is one funny, funny girl who can make 2,000 people roar with laughter.” Joanie Madden, Cherish the Ladies

“Her deep, smoky voice has hints of June Tabor and Frankie Armstrong. It’s an alluring voice singing equally alluring poetry… ‘Winter’s Run’ may be the most poetic snowbird ballad ever penned.” Rich Warren, The Midnight Special and Folkstage, WFMT 98.7, ChicagoÂ

“Her voice has an unusual quality that is hard to describe. If Judy Collins’ voice were a crystal clear stream, Lydon’s voice, equally as alluring, would have a little mud and some catfish swimming around.” Lee Armstrong