Jacken Elswyth’s new solo album comes from a space somewhere on the borders of reality. A banjo player and, just as importantly, an instrument maker, Elswyth’s solo work has developed alongside her ...

Jacken Elswyth was always likely to be an alternative folk musician. Until recently, her parents were members of the band Sproatly Smith, at the centre of Herefordshire’s ‘Weirdshire’ folk scene; they ...