
Welcome to
Openhouse Studio
Folk Music Legacy
Created by Brian Jones, with daughter; Samantha, this website is a legacy project designed to bring ‘folk up to date.’
Explore the website, listen to the music, Explore folk music heritage UK and read the stories starting from the 60’s revival through to present day.
Welcome to
Openhouse Studio
Folk Music Legacy
Created by Brian Jones, with daughter; Samantha, this website is a legacy project designed to bring ‘folk up to date.’
Explore the website, listen to the music and read the stories starting from the 60’s revival through to present day.


OUR latestPODCAST

KEEP FOLK TALKING
Brian Jones with Kathy Runswick
Join Brian Jones as he sits down with Kathy Runswick, organiser of Wallasey Folk & Acoustic Club and the first guest in our new Keep Folk Going – The Organisers series.
Kathy reflects on her lifelong connection to folk music, from childhood singarounds and family influences to helping run one of the area’s most welcoming folk clubs. Together they discuss the challenges facing folk clubs today, the importance of community, and how organisers across the region are working to ensure folk music continues to thrive for future generations.
KEEP FOLK TALKING
WITH Kathy Runswick
Join Brian Jones as he sits down with Kathy Runswick, organiser of Wallasey Folk & Acoustic Club and the first guest in our new Keep Folk Going – The Organisers series.
Kathy reflects on her lifelong connection to folk music, from childhood singarounds and family influences to helping run one of the area’s most welcoming folk clubs. Together they discuss the challenges facing folk clubs today, the importance of community, and how organisers across the region are working to ensure folk music continues to thrive for future generations.

Kathy’s podcast is the first in a new Openhouse Folk initiative called: Keep Folk Going – The Organisers.
Over the coming months we’ll be shining a spotlight on the people working behind the scenes to keep folk music alive.
The organisers, the volunteers, the committee members, the people who spend countless hours making sure clubs, sessions and singarounds continue to thrive.
We’ll be inviting organisers into the studio to tell their stories, promote their events and share their ideas for the future of the folk scene. Because if we’re serious about preserving our folk heritage, we need to celebrate the people who make it possible.
And Kathy Runswick is the perfect place to start.
OUR song OF THE MONTH
Mal Jones was one of my oldest and dearest friends, and a lifelong force in the folk scene – always singing, organising, and inspiring others.
Take a listen to “In The Palm Of His Hand,” a song that beautifully reflects Mal’s spirit and the joy he brought to so many.
The songs continue, and so do the memories. Thank you, Mal.
Brian Jones

The Resident
He does what’s known within the trade as ‘The Kamikaze Spot’
He’s there to warm you buggers up and try to make you sing
But the highlight of the evening is when he breaks a string!
Folk don’t always listen they’re busy at the bar
Or chatting to each other and drowning his guitar
Sometimes he thinks he’s cracked it
When some open mouths he’ll see
But it’s only some old friends he’s brought
And they came in for free!
Why do we do it? I don’t know, we masochistic band
Maybe one day we’ll find that never, Neverland
Where an audience has ears and sings just like a choir
When you ask them to join in they raise their voices higher
Like some Eisteddfod winners far removed from any pub
Why then I’ll know I’ve really died and hosting Heaven’s Folk Club.
discover
OUR ARTISTS
BRIAN
JONES
Brian shares his stories from the early years, starting out during the folk revival of the 60’s

GORDON AND BRIAN (BROTHERS)
In 1965, Brian and his brother Gordon started singing together in local folk clubs. Pete McGovern christened them ‘The Lads’

ALIAS GLOVER & JONES
Alias Glover & Jones played Folk Clubs from the Midlands to the North West in the 1970’s. Read Tim’s story…

JONES & COMPANY
Original Jones and Company; Brian, Helen and Janet; the start of the Jones Family harmony singing dynasty

THE JONES FAMILY
The first generation of Jones Family Band started in the 80s with Helen, my wife, and Janet, her younger sister.

ALL ARTISTS
Take a look at all our artists here at Openhouse Studio








