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Fola

About Me

Fola is/are Andy & Kate, who are based in the marvellous Black Country to the west of Birmingham. Playing mainly original songs, mixed with some Irish traditional tunes and the odd folk song, Fola's strength is in their engaging live performance.We have recently recorded a set of tracks partly at Pure Studios with Andy Seward (double bass and engineer to Kate Rusby and Eddi Reader) and partly at our own studio, An Seomra Glas...the good news is that the CD is now available from us at gigs. You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !To Prove Our Love Was True recorded at the Zodiac Sessions Dublin 21st May 2008
Free MusicLatest review of Goodnight Soldier in Acoustic Magazine'Fola shine out like a beautiful voiced gem this month, thanks to a mini-album made up of five songs that are well played by guitarist Andy Lucas and sung by the silky voiced Kate Barry.Fola know that there's simply no substitute for great songs, and they've crafted five that should appeal to fans of traditional folk music as well as the more mainstream minded. Keep an eye on their website to see where they're playing next. They're surely worthy of a night out'.Brett Callwood Acoustic June/July 08

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Member Since: 12/30/2005
Band Website: www.folamusic.com
Band Members: Kate and Andy
Influences: Planxty, Bothy Band, Christy Moore, Led Zeppelin, Slade (of course!), Vin Garbutt, Joy Division, Chieftains, Tom Waits, Pogues, Bob Marley, Lee Scratch Perry, Clannad (old stuff), The Beatles, Horslips! Louise (Kate's ma, not the lovely former Eternal lass), Daniel O'Donnell (Andy's fashion icon, especially the yellow anorak in the 2005 calendar), Hendrix, The Doors, Mikey Dread, Danu, Lunasa, anyone who can bash out a good tune and sing a good song, John Martyn, Sandy Denny, Queen (oh yes!), Elvis, The Only Ones, The Eagles (they rock, no really), Altan, Michael McGoldrick, Terrorvision (well not necessarily an influence but still), John Lennon, Cream...
Sounds Like: You decide...the tracks are right here...
Record Label: none

My Blog

Fola in Express & Star

EXPRESS & STAR JANUARY 16, 2009A floor spot at the Woodman Folk Club last year was so successful for Black Country based duo FolaThey play mainly original songs, mixed with some Irish Traditional tune...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:44:00 GMT

Vin Garbutt & The Red Lion

I've been a big fan of Vin Garbutt ever since I saw him play at Cropredy years and years ago.  Since then I've seen Vin a few more times but never thought we'd be lucky enough to support him.On T...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:27:00 GMT

Bridge Radio

We had a real laugh on 6th Aug at Bridge Radio.  Thanks to the lads for a very funny night where we discussed Lady Dianna, priests in stockings and a whole lot more.Hurrahh for the Bridge
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:10:00 GMT

Acoustic Magazine Review

We are still a little gobsmacked by the recent review of our CD by Brett Callwood who writes in June/July edition... Go buy a copy - then go buy Brett adrink - cheers mate.'Fola shine out like a beaut...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:35:00 GMT