As well as performing at the BBC Folk Awards tomorrow The Unthanks have revealed a new animated video for ‘Died for Love’. They are touring across Scotland in May and are appearing at a number of UK festivals in the summer including Green Man Festival.
LAU and The Unthanks deliver an unforgettable evening at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, culminating in a 13-piece encore and a standing ovation for all involved.
Part one – Best Folk Music Albums of 2015 including: Alasdair Roberts, Anna & Elizabeth, Darren Hayman, Marry Waterson, LAU, SImpson Cutting Kerr, The Rheingans Sisters, This is the Kit, The Weather Station, Trembling Bells, Ryley Walker and more.
The Unthanks ‘Archive Treasures’ is described by Adrian McNally as a shelf-clearing selection of snapshots and missing jigsaw pieces providing head space for the next ten years. Here’s hoping they continue with their archiving.
Wth just over five months to go until the 34th Orkney Folk Festival the organisers announce some of their first acts: Julie Fowlis, The Unthanks, Liz Carroll and Frigg.
The Unthanks’ Scala performance highlights their uncanny ability to challenge preconceptions and continually drive back the boundaries of the traditional folk music genre, exploring deep into its jazzy, orchestral and progressive corners. Here’s to many more decades of unpredictable awesomeness.
The Unthanks announce the release of Memory Box: a Limited Edition 10th Anniversary Box of Unthanks Treasure featuring exclusive and unreleased content. Also being sold at a bargain price!
Paul catches up with The Unthanks at Cambridge Folk Festival, they talk about future projects, what they’re listening to, nerves, and their ever popular Singing Weekends.
The Unthanks are to play Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage with an extended ‘orchestra’, conducted by Charles Hazlewood. This really is the icing on the cake for ‘Mount the Air’, for what has been one of the most highly praised albums of 2015 so far.
The Unthanks are to headline and curate a one day festival in their native city of Newcastle featuring Rob Heron’s Tea Pad Orchestra, Alasdair Roberts, Twelfth Day, The Baghdaddies as well as 150 Unthanks Singing Weekenders and more.
A new mix from FRUK: Lost in Transmission ii – feat: The Unthanks, Piers Faccini, Sir Richard Bishop, Karen Dalton, Sonny & the Sunsets, Iron & Wine and many more.
