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FoggyFolk Presents…
The Unthanks
Whelan’s, March 28
Tickets €18 incl. booking fee from WAV Box-Office (Lo-Call 1890 200 078), City Discs, www.tickets.ie, Ticketmaster, Road Records
“Absolutely exquisite. A real work of art. I will be playing it at least forever.” - Paul Morley
"Even more satisfying, compelling and varied than the Mercury-nominated The Bairns. Haunting, original and magnificent.” - **** The Guardian
"They are like the morning dew that hasn't steamed off yet, they are new and fresh and I really don't think they know how good they are." – Robert Wyatt
"Once in a blue moon type of every now and again, you hear music that is so complete, so wonderful, unique and yet familiar that it stops you in your tracks. They have that blue moon magic about them, and they have it in spades.” - BBC Music
"An exquisite mixture of light and dark, instinct and artistry.” - ****Uncut
A new album, tour, an extended line-up and a name tweak for Mercury nominated Geordie pioneers, The Unthanks bring their sensational live show to Whelan’s on March 28.
The Unthanks occupy a unique place in music, counting among their fans, Radiohead, Portishead, Robert Wyatt, Ben Folds, Elvis Costello, Damon Albarn, Ewan McGregor and Nick Hornby.
Northumbria sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank are unsentimental young storytellers outside of time, forging links between folk worlds old, new and other. Staunch traditionalism and sonic adventure ought to be polar opposites, yet they are easy bedfellows in the gentle hands of The Unthanks; the British counterpart to the leftfield folk leanings of Sufjan Stevens, Bonnie Prince Billy, Tom Waits and Fleet Foxes.
Formerly known as Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, their second album The Bairns (2007) was Mercury Music Prize nominated and named one of The Best Albums of the Decade (worldwide, all genres) in Uncut and The Guardian. Last year’s album Here's The Tender Coming uses a kaleidoscope of unlikely instruments and features in almost every UK poll for Albums of the Year.
Singing in their own lilting Geordie accents, and lost in the stories of the songs they sing, Rachel and Becky are servants of the traditions they keep alive. They belong to a rare breed of selfless performer - those who perform to let tradition breath through them.
The Unthanks on Later with Jools Holland, Oct 2009: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XlBcXpsFKA
www.the-unthanks.com
www.myspace.com/rachelunthank
www.twitter.com/TheUnthanks
The Unthanks
Whelan’s, March 28
Tickets €18 incl. booking fee from WAV Box-Office (Lo-Call 1890 200 078), City Discs, www.tickets.ie, Ticketmaster, Road Records
“Absolutely exquisite. A real work of art. I will be playing it at least forever.” - Paul Morley
"Even more satisfying, compelling and varied than the Mercury-nominated The Bairns. Haunting, original and magnificent.” - **** The Guardian
"They are like the morning dew that hasn't steamed off yet, they are new and fresh and I really don't think they know how good they are." – Robert Wyatt
"Once in a blue moon type of every now and again, you hear music that is so complete, so wonderful, unique and yet familiar that it stops you in your tracks. They have that blue moon magic about them, and they have it in spades.” - BBC Music
"An exquisite mixture of light and dark, instinct and artistry.” - ****Uncut
A new album, tour, an extended line-up and a name tweak for Mercury nominated Geordie pioneers, The Unthanks bring their sensational live show to Whelan’s on March 28.
The Unthanks occupy a unique place in music, counting among their fans, Radiohead, Portishead, Robert Wyatt, Ben Folds, Elvis Costello, Damon Albarn, Ewan McGregor and Nick Hornby.
Northumbria sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank are unsentimental young storytellers outside of time, forging links between folk worlds old, new and other. Staunch traditionalism and sonic adventure ought to be polar opposites, yet they are easy bedfellows in the gentle hands of The Unthanks; the British counterpart to the leftfield folk leanings of Sufjan Stevens, Bonnie Prince Billy, Tom Waits and Fleet Foxes.
Formerly known as Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, their second album The Bairns (2007) was Mercury Music Prize nominated and named one of The Best Albums of the Decade (worldwide, all genres) in Uncut and The Guardian. Last year’s album Here's The Tender Coming uses a kaleidoscope of unlikely instruments and features in almost every UK poll for Albums of the Year.
Singing in their own lilting Geordie accents, and lost in the stories of the songs they sing, Rachel and Becky are servants of the traditions they keep alive. They belong to a rare breed of selfless performer - those who perform to let tradition breath through them.
The Unthanks on Later with Jools Holland, Oct 2009: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XlBcXpsFKA
www.the-unthanks.com
www.myspace.com/rachelunthank
www.twitter.com/TheUnthanks
