Megan Henwood

The Story Song Scientists: Findlay Napier and Megan Henwood have struck gold with Quantum Lyrics. It’s a masterful stroke of lyrical genius from a very gifted duo. I can’t recommend it enough.

Findlay Napier and Megan Henwood are back fresh from the lab and bursting with synergy as The Story Song Scientists. Taken from their forthcoming EP ‘Quantum Lyrics’, watch their lyric video for the gentle, flowing ‘Ode to the Man with the Golden Arm’.

Watch Hello/Goodbye, the new single from Megan Henwood and also our Song of the Day, written after she gave birth to her first child.

Strings that Nimble Leap is a collection of the highest quality, with beautiful instruments being played by some of the very best musicians in the game. 52 artists including Martin Simpson, Martin Carthy, Andy Irvine Nic Jones, Charlotte Carrivick, Lisa Hannigan and more.

The Story Song Scientists is a wonderfully intriguing release which showcases intelligent songwriting and delightful voices in equal measure.  I hope that we have have not seen or heard the last of their working together to produce music of the finest quality.

Taken from Megan Henwood & Findlay Napier’s forthcoming EP The Story Song Scientists, our Song of the Day is Wild Wild Country. Watch the accompanying video and don’t miss their March tour.

This week’s show is an eclectic one that features 27 tracks and runs just over one and a half hours. Featuring The Limeliters, Jimmie Driftwood, Stick in the Wheel, Jim White, Blue Rose Code, Luke Daniels, Gigspanner and heaps more.

Megan Henwood’s emerging maturity as a songwriter and performer resonates throughout the twelve songs on River on which a fascinating soundscape accentuates her consistently tight and skilful writing and singing.

Jackie Oates and Megan Henwood collaborate on ‘Wings’ EP which, as well as original and traditional material, includes covers of Lau’s ‘Ghosts’ and New Order’s ‘Love Vigilantes’. Don’t miss their London live debut on 25th August.

Megan Henwood’s debut announced her as a promising new voice on the contemporary English folk scene; Head Heart Hand confirms her as one of its finest exponents.

The BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Winner Megan Henwood has released her aptly named debut album ‘Making Waves’. An offering of allusive self-penned songs whose musical arrangements mirror an emotional journey of strength, strife, hope, love and despair. She demonstrates a mature view of contemporary society unafraid to question socal issues and motives. A spectacular debut!

Megan Henwood was a winner of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards 2009. She has just released a single which we have the pleasure of adding to our Roots stream here on Folk Radio UK. There is a purity about Megan’s singing that falls outside of genre tags. She is simply a great singer songwriter with a fantastic voice.