Edgelarks

This Autumn, BBC Folk award-winning duo Hannah Martin and Phillip Henry, who now sail under the beautiful name of Edgelarks, head out on tour before joining Peter Knight and his gang in a Gigspanner Big Band Tour.

Will Kemp interviews singer, fiddler, banjo/guitar playing songwriter Hannah Martin – one half of Edgelarks who recently released their fifth studio album Feather. Plus, watch their new video for Oyster.

Watch the new video for ‘Oysters’ from Edgelarks; also our Song of the Day. The song details how nature can create beauty despite adversity, and how humans could learn from that. It is taken from their new album ‘Feathers’ which is out now.

Edgelarks have created an album that captures something long-lasting, universal and difficult to pin down: the nature of human happiness and the need for hope, not just now but in perpetuity. And in that respect Feather is an uplifting triumph.

Gigspanner are on the road again including dates with Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin as The Gigspanner Big Band. Watch the new Perrine Nouvier video for Urban Reel and their entire Big Band set from Shrewsbury Folk Festival.

Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, who now fly under the endearing title of Edgelarks, have revealed a new music video for Yarl’s Wood, our Song of the Day.

Watch Edgelarks (Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin) performing Landlocked at Carnglaze – Man-made caverns formed as part of a slate quarry in the Loveny Valley, near Liskeard.

Gigspanner, formed by (ex-Steeleye Span) fiddle player Peter Knight and BBC Folk Award winners (Best Duo) Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin (now Edgelarks) head out on the road together tomorrow as Gigspanner Big Band – “a unique musical proposition; they are taking folk music down new and enthralling paths.”

Edgelarks is an album that is full of muted, autumnal beauty. Edgelarks may signify a new venture for Hannah Martin and Phillip Henry, but the quality of their songwriting and performing only continues to improve, this is their best yet.

We talk to Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin about their new album Edgelarks, a name which also marks the genesis of a brand new band name. Plus watch their new video Song of the Jay

Following the release of their ‘Live’ album and a top performance at Cropredy Festival, we catch up with Gigspanner and Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin) to talk about their collaboration as Gigspanner Big Band.