Filkin's Music

Filkin’s Ensemble brings together 15 of the UK’s finest young folk musicians in an adventurous collaboration. The ensemble explores British and Welsh folk traditions through the lens of the diverse metropolitan hub that is Birmingham. Their contemporary arrangements of traditional folk repertoire combine a string quartet, wind section, guitars, and orchestral percussion along with Ellie Gowers’ lucent vocals. Drawing heavily from classical, jazz and folk, their distinctive style of ‘orchestral folk’ forges a new path for traditional chamber music.