Now in its fourth year the festive roots music super-group A Winter Union is ready to dust off the decorations and hit the road again! After a busy year releasing albums in their other respective bands, all of which have featured on Folk Radio UK, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts (BBC Folk Award nominees Gilmore & Roberts, Emily Askew Band) and Jade Rhiannon (The Willows) are excited to roll out their unique festive show.
“…one of the most exciting, fresh and talented bands around today.” Thomas Blake on The Willows new album Through the Wild.
“…a masterclass in songwriting and a lesson in how to present songs with incredibly diverse themes so that they hang perfectly together.” Thomas Blake on Gilmore & Roberts’ new album – A Problem of our Kind.
“…an even more accomplished collection…a perfect union” Mike Davies on Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage’s latest album Awake.
The band perform folk songs from across the Yuletide traditions and will delight you with glorious wassails and carols of course, but also a smattering of country classics and covers, and original songs heralding the joys of the season. These songs are stirred together with such beautiful 5-part harmonies that you won’t be able to resist but join your voice with theirs. And not only that! There’s dobro and fiddle, mandolin and dulcimer, guitars a-plenty and a shruti box thrown in for good measure. A Winter Union are touring throughout December 2018 (see details below).
A Winter Union 2018 Dates
1 /12 Great British Folk Festival, Skegness www.bigweekends.com
12/12 St Barnabus Church, Cambridge www.junction.co.uk
14/12 Holywell Music Rooms, Oxford www.Holywellmusicandfolk.co.uk
15/12 St Mary Magdalene Church, Dunton, Beds www.duntonfolk.co.uk
16/12 The Greystones, Sheffield www.mygreystones.co.uk
17/12 Barnoldswick Music & Art, Nr Clitheroe, Lancs www.barnoldswickmusicandartscentre.co.uk
18/12 All Saint Hall, Poppleton, York www.poppletonlive.co.uk
20/12 Finchingfield Church, Braintree, Essex www.wegottickets.com/event/449662
21/12 Otford Memorial Hall, Sevenoaks, Kent www.stedithfolk.co.uk
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