Moving on south we arrive in Lancashire. Legendary folk singer, indeed royalty in the folk scene, Maddy Prior was born in Blackpool, before moving south and forming a duo together with Tim Hart before becoming the lead singer of Steeleye Span in 1969. Here is a song after my own heart (Bring Us in Good Ale) from her 1971 album Summer Solstice with Tim Hart, Which was re-released in 2006:
Moving onto a completely different style of music, but staying in Blackpool, where virtuoso percussive guitarist Jon Gomm was born. I saw him live a couple of years ago at the annual Newtownards Guitar Festival and was blown away by what that guy can do with an acoustic guitar, playing a tune and simultaneously using the body of the instrument as percussion. He very much shuns the mainstream music industry, instead publishes his own material and tours independent venues. In 2012 he did score a hit when his video of Passionflower went viral. It can be found on his album Secrets Nobody Keeps:
The first half of folk duo Laura Smyth and Ted Kemp comes from the Pendle District of Lancashire (the other half is from East Anglia) and they sing songs inspired by their respective regions. They have attracted praise by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame, himself a Lancashire man:
Moving onto a completely different style of music, but staying in Blackpool, where virtuoso percussive guitarist Jon Gomm was born. I saw him live a couple of years ago at the annual Newtownards Guitar Festival and was blown away by what that guy can do with an acoustic guitar, playing a tune and simultaneously using the body of the instrument as percussion. He very much shuns the mainstream music industry, instead publishes his own material and tours independent venues. In 2012 he did score a hit when his video of Passionflower went viral. It can be found on his album Secrets Nobody Keeps:
The first half of folk duo Laura Smyth and Ted Kemp comes from the Pendle District of Lancashire (the other half is from East Anglia) and they sing songs inspired by their respective regions. They have attracted praise by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame, himself a Lancashire man:
“Good straight ahead, proper job folk duo like what they made in the 1970s - sound and look like an escapee from Trailer. No silly folkist mannerisms, and not twee… worth investigating.” Ian Anderson
Here's a Lancashire song from their 2017 debut album The Poacher's Fate called There's a Tavern:
Yorkshire is almost a country by itself consisting of the counties of North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire. We begin our journey in York in North Yorkshire, where folk rock band Blackbeard's Tea Party hail from. Here is a live tune from their 2011 album Tomorrow We Will Be Sober called Moonshiner:
That' it for today. Next up we explore the rest of Yorkshire. In the meantime you can follow my virtual journey on my Tripline map.
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