"I found out about these guys recently:

trevor moss and hannah-lou


They run this in London:

The Lantern Society

Ian: when are you putting them in the magazine? :)"

I've been along to the Lantern Society and played there a couple of times. There's a bit of an incestuous scene there: the same people play at Easycome Acoustic (run by Andy from the Hankdogs in Nunhead for about 20 years), and the Basket Club in Brixton and the Snake Mountain Revue (also at the Betsey Trotwood). Basically the younger wing of musicians who used to (and still do occasionally) go to Easycome.

There are some interesting performers there. I think Trevor Moss & Hanna-Lou are alright, but I don't think they're the best in that little scene. Have a listen to the extraordinary Boycott Coca Cola Experience, Trent Miller, and The Lorcas. You might like Benjamin Thomas and Jason McNiff too, although for me both of them are a bit too in thrall to early Dylan at the moment.

If any magazines out there would like to commission an article on it, I'd certainly be happy to knock one out. :)

For my money, that bunch are about the most interesting things happening in folk/acoustic music in the UK. With the sole exception, that is, of the rather amazing Leeds/Yorkshire scene, which has more of an Americana slant (Michael Rossiter, David Broad, Liz Green, Benjamin Wetherill and co)