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The Unthanks and The Bevvy Sisters

The Tyneside sisters singing traditional music with a modern spin dedicate this Celtic Connections set to their interpretations of the works of Robert Wyatt and Antony & the Johnsons. With close harmony support from Scotland's Bevvy Sisters. Part of Celtic Connections.

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The Unthanks

The Unthanks

Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Mon 26 Oct 2009

(5 stars)30 Oct 2009

Mum, Dad, I’m running away to join the folk band. This is the only proper response to attending a gig by The Unthanks. Sadly, we don’t all have the talent of Rachel and Becky Unthank, and they probably wouldn’t have us. Nevertheless, it's nice to…

Rachel Unthank and the Winterset

Rachel Unthank and the Winterset

8 May 2008

FOLK Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Fri 9 May; ABC, Glasgow, Sat 10 May It’s a decidedly domestic vibe at chateau Unthank when Rachel comes to the phone. ‘I’ve just been doing a bit of gardening and I had to go into town to pick up a new cello case,’ she…

Rachel Unthank

Exposure - Rachel Unthank & the Winterset

6 Sep 2007

The all-girl folk quartet, famous for singing in their gorgeous Geordie accents, are back with The Bairns, the follow-up to 2005’s Cruel Sister, which received a hearty thumbs up from folk purists and mainstream radio alike. How do you follow up a…

Devon Sproule

Hitlist - The best rock, pop, jazz & folk

6 Sep 2007

] Devon Sproule Beguiling, understated country filled with quirks and an old fashioned sensibility from this 24-year-old from Charlottesville, Virginia. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh 9 Sep; ABC, Glasgow, Mon 10 Sep. (Rock & Pop) • Operator Please…

Rachel Unthank and the Winterset

Rachel Unthank and the Winterset

16 Aug 2007

The notion of abandoning the mid-Atlantic accent when singing may have finally permeated Scottish indie-land, but for the folk world making use of your own regional voice is a given. So to hear Rachel Unthank make the Geordie accent sound quite so…

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