The Grizzly Folk

[2] As a duo, with the occasional help of other musicians (including Em Kuntze and Dai Evans), they recorded their first two EPs ('5-Weight', 2008; 'Electric Grizzle', 2009) which were ultimately released as a digital-only compilation album, 'Gurning at the Moon' (2013).

[4] His interest in traditional British folk music came via the discovery that his grandparents had met and courted at Cecil Sharp House.

Interviewees included Eliza Carthy, Jon Boden, Paul Sartin, Martin Simpson and many more.

[7] A follow-up album, using the same concept but focusing on traditional, music hall and industrial folk songs from Birmingham, was released in 2018 under the title Midlife.

[11] Many of the subjects covered and people interviewed have now featured on The Old Songs Podcast, which Wilks launched in January 2020.