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Dit meisjeskwartet uit Northumberland maakt de laatste vrienden bij zowel de hardcore liefhebbers van de pure Britse traditie, als bij diegenen die meer het muzikaal avontuur zoeken. De gemeenschappelijke achtergrond van de zusjes Unthank, hun in zangerig Geordie accent gezongen songs en het begrip voor traditionele muziek dat ze van huis uit mee kregen, vormt de basis voor hun huidige muzikale avonturen. Belangrijkste invloeden waren niet iconen als June Tabor of Eliza Carthy (waar ze wel fan van zijn), maar de rauwe Geordie ‘male’ bands en shantykoren.
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Pianiste Stephanie Conner creëert een bijzondere, soms dromerige sfeer en achtergrond voor de liedjes van zusjes Rachel en Becky. Sinds kort maakt fiddler Niopha Keegan het kwartet compleet. Ondanks hun jonge leeftijd kunnen ze al bogen op een aantal successen. Zo werd hun eerste cd ‘Cruel Sister’ uitgeroepen door Mojo Magazine als folkalbum van 2005, kregen ze de Live Performance of the Year Award van het 2006 Cambridge Folkfestival. Hun nieuwste CD ‘The Bairns’ is genomineerd voor de BBC Folkwards 2008 als Best Folkalbum. |
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Dancing down the leftfield and singing in their own lilting Geordie accents, Rachel Unthank & The Winterset make friends of staunch tradition and sonic adventure. The all-girl Northumbrian quartet have courted the mainstream without diluting their folk music, luring fans as disparate as Phil Jupitus, Nic Jones, Joan As Policewoman, Kate Rusby, Alasdair Roberts and Stuart Maconie. Fearless, peerless and wholeheartedly brave, they do the North-East proud with the honesty and imagination they bring to its traditions. Also don’t rule out charming interpretations of songs by the likes of Antony & The Johnsons, Robert Wyatt and Bonnie Prince Billy. Second album, The Bairns, is the follow-up to debut album Cruel Sister; Mojo Magazine Folk Album of the Year 2005. Launched at Cambridge Folk Festival, The Bairns is rich with the quality of centuries-old songs and the creative force of four young musicians at their peak. Rachel Unthank & The Winterset push themselves and the listener, reaching profound levels of emotional and musical complexity, chaos and clarity.The collective background in traditional music of Rachel, Becky, Belinda and Niopha is the anchor that affords them their sense of adventure. A major factor in their success has been their relationship with charismatic and
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virtuosic pianist Belinda O'Hooley, whose eerily detached accompaniments are at once abstract and unobtrusive. She leaves Rachel and Becky's singing sounding somehow unaccompanied and traditional, while creating a reflective, musical alter-discourse to their songs. Rachel’s younger sister Becky has grown so much as a singer that she now commands equal lead-vocal time. The line-up is completed by new member Niopha Keegan on fiddle, who comes from a family of innovative second generation musicians and singers brought up in the cultural melting pot of the London Irish scene, including her brother, the renowned flautist Niall Keegan. Austere and glacial on record, Rachel & co. are conversely known for their warmth and humour on stage. Following an extensive UK album tour in Autumn 2007, Rachel Unthank & The Winterset look forward to taking their astonishing new album and charming live show around the world. It’s early days for The Bairns, but it has already been made Mojo Folk Album of the Month and described by Rock’n’Reel as "Quite possibly the folk album of this generation". Mojo Magazine Folk Album of the Year 2005 for ‘Cruel Sister’; Live Performance of the Year 2006 Cambridge Folk Festival; Artist of the Year 2007 Journal Culture Awards. |
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