RACHEL UNTHANK - Voice, Cello and Feet
BECKY UNTHANK - Voice, Autoharp Feet
NIOPHA KEEGAN - Fiddle and Voice
ADRIAN MCNALLY - Piano, Drums, Dulcitone, Marimba, Autoharp, Tuned Percussion, Voice
CHRIS PRICE - Guitar, Bass, Ukelele, Dulcitone
Influences
Mam and Dad Unthank! All the floor singers and folk we have seen sing in our lives, The Keelers, The Wilsons, The Waterson/Carthys, Joni Mitchell, Sandra & Nancy Kerr, the Stewarts, Voice Squad, CBS, The Elliots of Birtley, Nick Drake, Dylan, Young, Robert Wyatt, Steve Reich, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Sufjan Stevens, Lau, Joan As Policewoman, Jon Redfern, Alasdair Roberts, Ben Folds, Bonnie Prince Billy, Regina Spektor, Anthony & The Johnsons, Chris Wood, Billy Holliday, Miles Davis.
As Louis Armstrong said, "all music is folk music, I ain't never heard a horse sing a song"!
Following on from their Mercury Prize nomination, Geordie folk inventors Rachel Unthank & The Winterset are back with a name tweak (The Unthanks), revised line-up and a brand new album Here’s The Tender Coming (EMI) that rests not one jot on the incomparable sound that has earned them admirers from the ranks of Radiohead, Portishead, Robert Wyatt, Ben Folds, Nic Jones, Ewan McGregor and Nick Hornby.
THE 40-DATE UK 'HERE'S THE TENDER COMING' TOUR
On Oct 10th, The Unthanks tour their new album as a 10-piece, a kalaedescope of sound that will include voices, piano, dulcitone, marimba, double bass, guitar, drums, fiddle, string quartet, trumpet, trombone, autoharp, mandolin and ukelele.
HERE'S THE TENDER COMING
The new album by The Unthanks, released Sept 14th (RabbleRouser Music/EMI Records)
"Absolutely exquisite. A real work of art. I will be playing it least forever" Paul Morley
"an exquisite mixture of light and dark, instinct and artistry" **** Neil Spencer, Uncut
Thanks for replying. We're coming to see in Hebden Bridge too (which is where we live). Have got tickets for the Sunday matinee as the other performances were already sold out when we found out you were on. Thanks for doing the extra gig!
Thanks for the add guys. Being from south shields originally i really dig what ya doin, love ya music will ya ever be over in ireland let me know peace and love P J
unthx for the ad :) ! I really love your music, quite unique textures and moods, even though your using traditional elements. It touched me from minute one. Hope you´ll like my music, too (even though it´s a bit different)
I have just caught up with you on Later... I was brought up in the North East and it's great to hear you singing with the genuine accent. It brings back a lot of memories - and many fine songs from the region. All the best Greg
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
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