Harp & a Monkey have been mining the memories of a former Warwickshire pit village to create a sound-tracked short film celebrating themes of camaraderie, heritage and community spirit.
Experimental folk song and storytelling trio Harp & a Monkey today release a new single that celebrates the value of our public museums, galleries and archives.
Experimental song and storytelling trio Harp & a Monkey have announced a new single to promote their forthcoming spring and summer tour – and we have a video premiere!
For all its range and variation, for all the subtle and beautiful musical flourishes and lingering sonic effects, The Victorians is essentially a call to arms. Harp & a Monkey have made a stunning album that pleads the case for folk song as a working-class mode of expression.
A tragic tale about a naked Victorian lifesaver! It can only be another song exclusive for Folk Radio UK from the experimental Mancunians’ Harp & a Monkey.
Mancunian trio Harp & a Monkey have been pushing the boundaries of traditional British music for more than a decade, and we are delighted to have an exclusive video premiere from their long-awaited fourth album – The Victorians.
The ever-popular Lancashire folk experimentalists Harp and a Monkey have just announced dates for a mini-summer tour – along with the pledge to preview some of the material from their long-awaited fourth album.
As the WWI centenary events wind down, the Lancastrian folk trio Harp and a Monkey are preparing to undertake a run of performances that are likely to provide audiences with the last chance to see the ‘War Stories’ show performed in its entirety for quite some time.
The Lancashire folk experimentalists Harp and a Monkey have just made public the fruits of a beautiful and informative short film collaboration which studies the influence of Japanese art and culture on the creations of Vincent Van Gogh. Watch it here.
A small rural church, a disused airfield, an old railway wagon, and the winding room of a former colliery – these are the intriguing sites that provide the backdrop for a new documentary from Harp and a Monkey.
Watch the new video from the acclaimed folk experimentalists and storytelling trio Harp and a Monkey who are doing their bit to help promote a subject close to their hearts today – mental health. The film is about anxiety and isolation.
Folk experimentalists and storytelling trio Harp and a Monkey release new video for ‘Clean White Sheets’, a song commemorating Nellie Spindler, a nurse from Wakefield in Yorkshire who died this day, one hundred years ago.
We catch up with those northern folk experimentalist Harp and a Monkey to talk about their latest War Stories project. They also share some of their personal highlights from a tour which saw them perform in some very unusual locations, including bomb craters on moors.
The stories contained here might well refer to a well-known period of history, but the angles at which they come at that familiar narrative, the microcosms they create, are truly individual and at times unprecedented. War Stories is a courageous, often demanding and ultimately satisfying project.
Harp and a Monkey announce new album ‘War Stories’, to be released on July 1, 2016 – the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. Watch the trailer for the accompanying documentary.
As part of their ongoing project to mark the centenary of the First World War, the northern folk experimentalists Harp and a Monkey have released a new video today – Raise A Glass To Danny is a tribute to Daniel Laidlaw, “the Piper of Loos”.
Folk Radio UK are delighted to have a video exclusive of one of our favourite acts – the northern folk experimentalists Harp and a Monkey. Plus we’ve news of their new project which they are undertaking with Arts Council England and The Western Front Association.
Harp and a Monkey are on the road and coming to a venue near you so don’t miss the opportunity to catch them. Watch their new tour video here and get those dates.
