Joshua Burnside is an experimental folk songwriter, singer and producer. He takes influence from alternative electronica trad, and Irish folk, chopping and blending them with a mixture of found sounds, world music and unorthodox production methods Joshua’s critically acclaimed “Teeth of Time” released earlier this year, was nominated for RTE 1 Folk Awards, and received glowing support from the likes of MOJO, Uncut, Songlines, Irish Times, KLOF Mag and, The Thin Air, Nialler 9, Hot Press and BBC Alba and solid BBC Radio 2 & BBC Radio 6 support.

His new album, It’s Not Going to be Okay, is released in March 2026 via Nettwerk.

There’s an immediate devastating beauty to It’s Not Going to Be Okay, the new album from Belfast-based experimental folk artist Joshua Burnside. It’s a record born out of loss and the fragile act of continuing. Written and recorded in the wake of the death of his closest friend, musician Dean Jendoubi, the album is Burnside’s most stripped-back and unguarded work to date.

Where previous Burnside albums explored folklore, politics, and myth through surreal, tense textures and offbeat folk supplemented by electronica, It’s Not Going to Be Okay distils his brilliance down with immaculate precision where each track serves like an entry into a grief journal.  

Having worked his way up from The Workman’s Club to Whelan’s to now The Button Factory, Burnside has steady momentum on the live circuit and now marks a new era, preparing for both his East-Coast US Tour and performance at Dingle's Other Voices later this year.