The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #57668 Message #917944
Posted By: Dave Bryant
25-Mar-03 - 11:20 AM
Thread Name: Unaccompanied Singing - How & Why!
Subject: RE: Unaccompanied Singing - How & Why!
There are many wonderful unaccompanied singers and groups on the UK scene and I would definitely endorse Judel's choice of Artisan. They not only sing wonderful harmonies but much of their material is written by member Brian Bedford (the other two are his wife Jacey and Hilary Spencer) who has produced such wonderful songs as "What's the use of wings". If you have any preconceptions that unaccompanied singing is boring and all terribly serious do go and hear them, I'm sure they'll change your mind !
Other groups which I've liked in the past included The Young Tradition and English Tapestry.
The Waterson's seem to have gone from being an institution ta a dynasty.
More recently there's Coote, Boyes, and Simpson, Salt of the Earth, and of course, there's always the shapely Dangerous Curves.