Dancing down the leftfield and singing in their own lilting Geordie accents, Rachel Unthank & The Winterset are described by poet Ian MacMillan as the "inheritors, curators and gleeful distorters" of Tyneside's traditions. Discreetly provocative arrangements draw on elements of blues, jazz, music hall, burlesque cabaret, classical and leftfield contemporary music, making their take on folk music peerless, fearless and wholeheartedly brave. They were nominated for Best Group, Best Live Act, Best Album and The Horizon Award at the 2008 BBC Folk Awards, and won the Horizon Award.
“They are like the morning dew that hasn’t steamed off yet, they are new and fresh and I really don’t think they know how good they are” Robert Wyatt
Tonight brings you a double treat with more new folk music from the North of England with Nancy Elizabeth, hailed by the Guardian as a "gently powerful singer-songwriter whose swooping voice, whether naked or multi-tracked, has the purity and simplicity of a classic acoustic performer and whose music goes straight for the emotional jugular.”
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