Mortlake: New Forest Folk Festival || Dark Folk (Highlights Reel)

Mortlake is a dark folk band with a healthy dose of Tudor and Medieval influences. Our songs are written for the most part based on local legends and tales from the windswept Romney Marsh where we are based. The songs are tales of ghostly smugglers, peasants revolts and highwaymen set to haunting melodies and evocative soundscapes. This video is a highlights reel from Mortlake's performance at The New Forest Folk Festival in 2025. Mortlake is; Lydia Bailey: Vocals, Flute, Recorders, Saxophone, Paul French: Melodeon, Concertina, Hurdy-Gurdy Clare Haythornthwaite: Vocals, Violin, Octave Violin, Viola Dan Walton: Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin 0:00 - Title Card 0:04 - Cephas Quested 0:35 - The Muttering Crow 1:00 - Ploughman's Share 1:23 - The Old Ghost Road 1:59 - Trotto 2:35 - Lonesome Woods 3:07 - Pavane La Solera 3:34 - Jack Cade's Rebellion 3:59 - The Wanderer 4:35 - A Load of Branles 5:08 - Endcard