Links available for those live events reviewed. The others are a personal reminder of the year. The review process hit the buffers mid year but the appetite returned for the second half.
Kaia Kater - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Ashley McBryde - O2 Institute, Birmingham
Tim O'Brien - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Nigel Wearne - Thimblemill Library, Smethwick
Sam Baker - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Gordie Tentrees and Jaxon Haldane - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Thea Gilmore - The Glee Club, Birmingham
Rhiannon Giddens - Town Hall, Birmingham
Hannah White - Angel Brewery, Nottingham
Christina Martin- Thimblemill Library, Smethwick
Hannah Rarity - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Ramblin' Roots Revue - Bucks Student Union, High Wycombe
Kirsten Adamson - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Jim Moray + Frankie Archer - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Sarah Jane Scouten - Thimblemill Library, Smethwick
Annie Dressner - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Jarrod Dickenson & David Ford - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Dan Whitehouse - Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge
Mary Gauthier - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman - Midland Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham
Blair Dunlop - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Lady Nade, Hollie Rogers, Daisy Chute, Aayushi - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Kacey Musgraves - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Hurray for the Riff Raff - Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
Charm of Finches - Glad Cafe, Glasgow
Alex Hart - Talbot Hotel, Stourbridge
Kim Richey - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Jenny Colquitt - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
Otis Gibbs - Thimblemill Library, Smethwick
Danni Nicholls - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Brigid O'Neill - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Charm of Finches - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Beardy Folk Festival - Hopton Wafers, Shropshire
Saije - Thimblemill Library, Smethwick
Katie Whitehouse and Jess Vincent - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Catherine MacLellan and Tara MacLean - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Maverick Festival - Easton Farm Park, Suffolk
The Weeping Willows + Matt Joe Gow - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Lachlan Bryan & the Wildes - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Ben De La Cour - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Fanny Lumsden - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
The Pleasures - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
The Long Road Festival - Stanford Hall, Leicestershire
Jill Andrews - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
John Blek - Thimblemill Library, Smethwick
Karen Jonas - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Hannah Aldridge - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Salt House - Thimblemill Library, Smethwick
The 7 Hills Blues and Roots Festival, Bath
Robert Vincent - Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
Sorrel Nation - Temperance, Leanington Spa
Hannah Scott - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Luke Jackson - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Lewis Barfoot - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Sunny Sweeney - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham
Bonny Light Horseman - The XOYO Club, Birmingham