November 2018 sees the release of the third album by award-winning and acclaimed folk group The Furrow Collective. Fathoms was produced in Powys and Oxfordshire by honorary fifth-Furrow Andy Bell and sees the group build further on their substantial reputation for breathing new life into traditional songs. Listen to lead track ‘Write Me Down‘, our Song of the Day:
The twelve recordings of which Fathoms is comprised capture typically innovative arrangements and set the four distinctive voices in a magical, captivating sound-world. As with their previous collections, the impression is by turns ancient, evoking the lines back to the earliest source, and then altogether unknown; fresh as tomorrow morning.
The Furrow Collective is an English/Scottish band consisting of four talented and individually prominent performers: Lucy Farrell (viola, voice & saw), Rachel Newton (harp, fiddle, voice), Emily Portman (banjo, concertina, voice) and Alasdair Roberts (guitars, voice). The group formed in 2013, drawn together by a shared love of traditional song and balladry of the England, Scotland and beyond and an open, intuitive approach to collaboration. In recognition of their innovative approach, The Furrow Collective were awarded the accolade of 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards ‘Best Group’, hot on the heels of the release in late 2016 of their second album, Wild Hog (also on Hudson Records).
The Furrow Collective tours extensively throughout the UK as well as in mainland Europe, delighting audiences with their uniquely beguiling approach to traditional song. November 2018 sees the band touring England and Wales to launch the new album.
November 2018 Tour Dates
9th Caernarfon, Galeri
10th Leeds, Howard Assembly Rooms
11th Lincoln, Performing Arts Centre
12th London, Slaughtered Lamb
13th Maidstone, The Bower House
15th Stroud, Marshal Rooms
17th South Pertherton, David Hall
18th Whitstable, Oyster Sessions
23rd Barnsley, Civic Centre
24th Carlisle, Old Fire Station
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