England’s newest winter festival just a week away as the cream of British folk acts flock to Frome
Stand-out musicians Tim Edey and Brendan Power - who are among the headliners performing at Somerset’s first Frome Folk Festival next weekend – scored a sensational double win at Wednesday’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in Manchester.
The hotly tipped pair scooped the first award of the evening - Best Duo - before Tim clinched the coveted Musician of the Year title.
“Two blokes at the top of their mark – one of the world’s best melodeon players and one of the world’s best mouth organ players. Brilliant!” – Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2
They received their duo award at The Lowry from TV’s Corrie stars Kate Ford (Tracy Barlow) and Katy Cavanagh (Julie Carp) whilst Tim was presented with his award by Cathy Jordan of Irish band Dervish. See their show stopping live performance at The Lowry award ceremony below:
A potent partnership fizzing with alchemy, the Kent-based duo have delivered storming sets at festivals across Europe and over the Atlantic, their freewheeling feelgood sound captivating audiences from Estonia to Cape Breton and now they are heading to Frome among an incredible roster of many of the top names in British folk, including fellow BBC Folk Awards winner, Bella Hardy (left).
The popular young fiddle-singer from Derbyshire’s Peak District jointly won the Best Original Song category at the Folk Awards, for her song The Herring Girl, sharing the prize with Steve Tilston for his song “The Reckoning”.
Situated at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills, Frome boasts steep cobbled streets, old weavers’ cottages and historic Georgian buildings as well as the popular entertainment venue The Cheese and Grain which will be the main focus of the festival (Feb 18 and 19).
Artists will include Show of Hands’s frontman Steve Knightley, Spiers and Boden, Chris Wood, Jim Moray, Jackie Oates, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston and many more
Published on 10 February 2012 by Wayne Feltham
Frome Folk Festival 2012 Tim Edey And Brendan Power
