Shropshire Star

Folk duo play in Oswestry

A duo nominated for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards will be in Shropshire next month.

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Edgelarks. Photo by: Elly Lucas. Photo from: https://www.facebook.com/philliphenryandhannahmartin/

Edgelarks is the new album and new band name of Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin who first won the award in 2014.

The pair's new project includes world music, from the traditional music of the British Isles to Indian classical slide guitar and the stomping roots party of Phil's beatbox harmonica.

Their fourth studio album, Edgelarks has been named as one of MOJO's top 10 folk albums of 2017.

They will play at the Hermon Chapel Arts Centre in Oswestry on March 15. More information is available from hermonchapel.com.

From recording their first album, Singing the Bones, at home in their living room in the dead of night, they have gone on to produce three more records, each time refining the process and honing their production skills.

They have toured extensively from the UK to Japan, South Africa, Canada to Australia. Collaborations saw them team up with Peter Knight, ex Steeleye Span, to form the Gigspanner Big Band; and join Show of Hands as part of their Wake the Union band for a very special show at the Royal Albert Hall on Easter Sunday 2017.