Powtes are a six piece alt-folk collective drawing together musicians from Newcastle’s weird-folk and experimental music scene, formed in 2023. They make sensitive and quietly intense music that takes inspiration from the traditional musics of these islands that we now call the UK.

"The ambition of its social anthropology is reminiscent of Richard Dawson’s Glass Trunk and Peasant albums, while the depth and sensuality of the ensemble performances bring to mind the ragged glory of Daisy Rickman." (Alex Neilson, Klof Mag)