Since they formed in 1996, fernhill have become highly regarded, innovative cultural ambassadors for Wales and its folk music, having toured in over 20 countries and three continents. Intimate enough with tradition that they are unafraid to stretch it's boundaries they have appeared at UK festivals as diverse as Greenman, Womad, the Oxford folk festival, Whitby Musicport and Glasgow's Celtic Connections.
Radio One's Huw Stephens is a fan of their music and invited them to play at the first Latitude festival and to headline an acoustic night at Cardiffs' SWN festival in 2008.
international appearances include Festival De Cornouaille, Telemark, Kaustinen, major concerts in Athens, Rome, Brussels and Tokyo plus British Council tours of Southern and East Africa, Vietnam, Poland and the Czech republic.
The group's most recent album 'Na Pradle' made the MOJO top ten folk album list 2007. The album captures highlights of an intimate concert in Prague recorded and broadcast by Czech radio 3 during a tour of the Czech republic in 2006.
"Na Prádle is extraordinary, as transfixing to the CD listener as it clearly was to the Czech audience. Julie Murphy’s commanding voice cuts through the Divadlo na Prádle
(Theatre at the Laundry) with passion, power and grace." COLIN IRWIN, FROOTS
the musical traditions that inform the individual players are many and diverse but the common urge is to challenge, enchant and to reach into the core of a shared inheritance and memory and to make that available to anybody who wants a piece. three musicians in the past who have helped shape the music are jonathan shorland, andy cutting and cass meurig. musicians who have guested live and on recordings are danny kilbride, karen tweed, gerard kilbride, paula gardiner, andy coughlan, dylan fowler, jean-luc tomas, richard llewellyn and desi wilkinson.
ers ffurfio yn 1996 mae fernhill erbyn heddi yn genhadon i'r diwylliant cerddorol gynhenid gymreig. maent wedi teithio i dros ucen o wledydd dros dri cyfandir. mae'r traddodiade sy'n sbarduno'r gerddorieth yn llu ond yr un yw'r bwriad sef i herio, swyno ac i gyrredd cnewyllyn etifeddieth a chof ac i rhannu hwn a phwy bynnag a fynno. tri cerddor sy wedi gweitho ar shapo'r gerddorieth yn y gorffennol yw jonathan shorland, andy cutting a cass meurig. ymhlith y sawl sy wedi recordo a whare'n fyw ta'r band yw danny kilbride, karen tweed, gerard kilbride, paula gardiner, andy coughlan, dylan fowler, jean-luc tomas, richard llewellyn a desi wilkinson.
All their albums are available from amazon uk or beautiful jo records.
Thanks for becoming one of my friends, I really like the songsI have heard up on your profile.Fantastic music and vocals! I am looking forward to seeing you play at Musicport. all the best David
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thanks for adding us as friends, still have fond memories of the Sunday set at Greenman a couple of years back. Would love to see you play Manchester some time soon. x j+s
Hey! WE love YOU... Great to see you on here Julie, every time I hear your voice the world feels like a warmer place. The band sounds gorgeous too. Hope all's well with you and yours. I have a couple of new releases coming out later this year, which I must send you once they're done, as it's for people like you that I make these things. L. xx
Didn't know you had a myspace "presence" til we saw your message to Don Rooke! We're keen on both the Henrys and on your good selves! We're a pretty eclectic collective doncha know! Cheers, TMSDC
Hi Julie! I wrote you a letter but not yet being a 'friend' I think it died on the vine. Great to see your name again. I hope all is well with you.I'm in Miami right now but sadly, back in cold Toronto tomorrow. Cheers, Don
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