NEW ALBUM, EBB AND FLOW, OUT NOW!!!!
Released in February 2008, Ebb and Flow is by the trio Nelsons Wake - which is us together with songwriter/guitarist Barry Wake (you can find him on our 'Top Friends'). Our previous 2 albums included several songs by Barry, and he has written all the songs on Ebb and Flow. There is a bit of information about each of the songs in our Blog. The album is available direct from us; it can also be extremely efficiently shipped to anywhere in the world through those lovely folks at the US-based CD Baby. Click on the cover image below to go to CD Baby, where you can buy the CD, hear clips from all 15 tracks, and (depending on which country you are in!) download the album. The CD can also be purchased through The Music Well . You can read a review of the album, courtesy of Mike Wilson, here .
LATEST NEWS!!!
The Ebb and Flow album can now be downloaded at at least 3 sites: iTunes, Woven Wheat Whispers and (depending where in the world you are) CD Baby.
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Our 2006 CD Day Has Dawned is available through CD Baby - just click on the cover image further down the page! You can hear clips from all the 16 tracks on Day Has Dawned at our CD Baby page.
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We are an acoustic duo, with a repertoire drawn from a wide range of sources, both traditional and contemporary. The songs we sing are accompanied on fiddle, tenor guitar, octave mandola or viola (but not all at the same time 'live'!), or sung a capella; Chris often throws in a few fiddle tunes too. Siobhan's singing is frequently described as spine-tingling, but she also 'lets rip' in a more powerful style when the song requires it. Siobhan does most of the lead vocals, but Chris manages to get a look in with a solo song or two as well. Our live performances are always extremely well received, and we're equally at home in an intimate acoustic setting, or on the 'big stage'.
We first got together when we were members of The Cluster of Nuts Band , who were part of the British 'rogue folk' movement back in the 1980s. Siobhan joined the band shortly after release of their acclaimed album Fridge in the Fast Lane (which featured such folk luminaries as Ian Telfer of the Oyster Band, John Adams of the New Victory Band [etc.] and Cathy Lesurf). We've started doing occasional gigs with the 'Nuts' again... more in the pipeline. More info about this, and about various things we've done in the past, on our main website.
Chris was born in Yorkshire, and brought up in Potters Bar, Herts; Siobhan was born and raised in London. We spent many years living in Southampton, Hampshire, before relocating to Southport, Merseyside, where we are residents (but not the organisers, so we don't book the guests!) at the Bothy Folk Club . Do pay the Bothy a visit if you're in the area; it's a great club, which has been running for over 40 years, and you'll find it very friendly and welcoming... whatever your musical style!
FRIEND REQUESTS:
If you like our music, we'd really love to hear from you - but if you send a friend request, please do also send an accompanying message. Genuine friend requests can so easily get lost among the 'random' ones, when it's not obvious why they've been sent!
If you receive a friend request from us, it means one or more of these things: we like your music, or what you say on your page; we think we have something in common (musically or otherwise); we already have some sort of link with you (musically or otherwise). We're not into just having as many friends as possible, and we never send out 'random' requests just to bump the numbers up!
If you've got as far as reading this, your attitude to adding friends is probably similar to ours(?)!
Best wishes,
Chris & Siobhan
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A SELECTION OF QUOTES (more on our website)
...about Chris & Siobhan:
"...a hell of a team as well as a talented pair of individuals"
(David Kidman, NetRhythms)
"Spine-tingling vocals... complemented by sensitive fiddle"
(Folk On Tap)
"..their engrossing performance style, all-round expertise and excellent choice of songs" (The Living Tradition)
"Siobhan's voice had the audience spellbound ... an evening of songs, tunes and stories delivered in a very professional and entertaining way... a brilliant night" (Folk NorthWest)
"...Siobhan's powerful yet tender voice accompanied by Chris's sensitive fiddle/viola and mando/guitar..." (fRoots)
...and about Day Has Dawned:
"enterprising selection of songs..one to savour and return to" (fRoots)
"[Chris's] imaginative combinations of instrumental timbres... [Siobhan's] moving, appealingly tender-sounding voice which can sometimes quite belie its very power... This is a quite exceptional CD, which manages the difficult feat of being both satisfyingly charming and thought-provoking in a way that doesn’t need to shout at you but makes a more unassuming impact by virtue of its integrity, excellent taste and high-quality musicianship."
(David Kidman, NetRhythms)
"Day Has Dawned sparkles like the sun on the dew in the morning"
(FATEA)
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There's a full discography on our main website.
Both our 'duo' albums, Day Has Dawned and Tomorrow's Sun are available in downable form from Woven Wheat Whispers at (click here)
or you can buy the CDs online through the UK-based company Abicat (click here)
The CD of Day Has Dawned is available through CD Baby - click on the cover image below:
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If you like what we do, please get in touch.
Enquiries from folk club, festival and concert organisers, and radio presenters, are always particularly welcome!
There's more information about what we do, and what we've done in the past, at: www.chrisandsiobhan.co.uk
