From the Cheshire side of the Peak District hails Rowan Rheingans. She is an award winning fiddler, banjoist and songwriter who has worked with Lady Maisery, Songs of Separation and together with her sister Anna in the Rheingans Sisters. Here is the title track of her 2019 album The Lines We Draw Together, called simply Lines:
And here she is with her sister from their 2018 album Bright Field with a song called Green Unstopping:
English folk singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer Jim Moray was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Here's a song from his 2016 album Upcetera called Sounds of the Earth:
From Stockport in Greater Manchester hails Accordionist Amy Thatcher, although she now resides in the northeast, where she collaborates with Kathryn Tickell and electro folk outfit The Monster Ceilidh Band. She describes her genre as neo-folk. She released one solo album last year, appropriately entitled Solo. This is a tune is the opening track from that album called The Laburnum Tree:
Formed in Manchester in 2014 genre defying band Kabantu, whose members hail from South Africa, France, Scotland and England, play an electrifying fusion of folk, African rhythms, Balkan, Jazz, Brazilian and classical influences. They are a truly global band, refusing to be assigned to any boxes. Their name means Of the People, from The South African philosophy of Ubuntu - "I am what I am because of who we all are". Of the People is also the title of their first album. Her's a gypsy jazz tune called Skubeks Delight:
And here is something all together more African sounding and shot on the streets of Manchester, the opening track to their album, Ulidzile!
Pete Coe was born in Northwich, West Cheshire and has been big in the British folk scene since the 1970's and is described as a "One-Man Folk Industry". Here's a song from his 2007 album Previous called Jackdaw:
That's it for today. Next we'll be leaving England for a while and head into Wales. As usual you can follow my imaginary rovering on my tripline map.
From Stockport in Greater Manchester hails Accordionist Amy Thatcher, although she now resides in the northeast, where she collaborates with Kathryn Tickell and electro folk outfit The Monster Ceilidh Band. She describes her genre as neo-folk. She released one solo album last year, appropriately entitled Solo. This is a tune is the opening track from that album called The Laburnum Tree:
Formed in Manchester in 2014 genre defying band Kabantu, whose members hail from South Africa, France, Scotland and England, play an electrifying fusion of folk, African rhythms, Balkan, Jazz, Brazilian and classical influences. They are a truly global band, refusing to be assigned to any boxes. Their name means Of the People, from The South African philosophy of Ubuntu - "I am what I am because of who we all are". Of the People is also the title of their first album. Her's a gypsy jazz tune called Skubeks Delight:
And here is something all together more African sounding and shot on the streets of Manchester, the opening track to their album, Ulidzile!
Pete Coe was born in Northwich, West Cheshire and has been big in the British folk scene since the 1970's and is described as a "One-Man Folk Industry". Here's a song from his 2007 album Previous called Jackdaw:
That's it for today. Next we'll be leaving England for a while and head into Wales. As usual you can follow my imaginary rovering on my tripline map.
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