Michael Starkey

Edinburgh-based folk/old-time quartet Wayward Jane, featuring Dan Abrahams, Sam Gillespie, Rachel Petyt and Michael Starkey, announce their third album ‘The Flood’, and premiere their video for ‘Crossing Over Water’, a song Rachel wrote in response to hearing about migrants trying to move to safer places.

With ‘Cross The Rolling Water’, Hannah Read & Michael Starkey have delivered a gem of a recording, an infectious, dynamic, richly layered album that’s a timeless, irresistible and thoroughly entertaining treat.

Taken from their forthcoming album Cross the Rolling Water, watch Hannah Read and Michael Starkey performing a cover of Anais Mitchell’s Shenandoah. The agile, stripped-back combination of banjo and guitar amplifies the emotion carried in Hannah’s vocals which really brings this heartfelt song alive.

Scottish musician Hannah Read has teamed up with Edinburgh-based banjo player Michael Starkey for their new album ‘Cross The Rolling Water’. Watch them performing the opening track ‘Apple Blossom’ that’s also our Tune of the Day.