BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award nominees Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts combine astounding lap-tapping guitar, fiery fiddle and their trademark harmonies with con- siderable songwriting talent to make a truly distinctive sound. Since releasing their début album ‚Shadows & Half Light‘ in 2008 (proclaimed ‚one of the finest contem- porary folk albums in recent memory‘ by
FishRecords.co.uk), Gilmore and Roberts have been wowing audiences across the country with their unassumingly confident displays of instrumental technique. 2010 saw the duo complete a nationwide tour in their own right, land the coveted opening slot on Fairport Convention‘s 2011 Winter Tour, and release their much-anticipated second album, Up From The Deep
The new album is a major creative leap forward - self-produced, mixed by Andy Bell and mastered by Megson’s Stu Hanna, ‚Up From The Deep‘ is fresh and innovative yet deeply rooted in tradition.
“You can definitely hear our individual influences coming out more than on our previous album” says Katriona. “I‘ve been listening to more bluegrass, and Jamie‘s really got stuck into the English
tradition.These two ends of the spectrum, the English and the American, blend surprisingly well – Nothing At All, a traditional song collected in Dorset, sounds like it could have been written for pedal steel!” The contributions of PJ Wright (Little Johnny England) on pedal steel and Cia Cherryholmes (of Grammy-nominated Nashville band Cherryholmes) on banjo deftly enhance the transatlantic feel, and the sound is augmented by Jack Theedom (double bass) and Dom Howell (percussion), both veterans of the duo‘s first record.
“Although most of the material is original, there’s a lot of traditional influence in our own songs, and in the choice of subjects.“ Katriona explains. „This album is really about solidifying our style - many people have said we make a much bigger sound than you’d expect from two people.” Indeed they do and, with ‚Up From The Deep‘, they are about to make an even bigger impression on both fans and the media alike. Aside from their work together, both Katriona and Jamie are familiar faces on the folk circuit - Katri- ona toured for 3 years with all-girl indie folk sen- sations Tiny Tin Lady and now appears regularly with Rosie Doonan‘s Snapdragons, while Jamie has played with young English traditionalists Kerfuffle since 2007.
2010 has been a real landmark year for Katriona and Jamie, with their nomination for the BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award and their first nationwide headline tour as a duo in their own right expertly fielding the ripples cast by last year‘s impressive debut CD Shadows And Half Light. fRoots
An exciting second album from a young duo who give us original material sparkling with harmo- nies, fiery fiddle and driving lap-tapping guitar. At only 24 , the BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award 2010 nominees still sound fresh and innovative, yet deeply rooted in the English tradition. But Katrio- na Gilmore has been listening to more American music, bluegrass in particular. Taplas magazine
Gilmore and Roberts just keep getting better, with their second album they have proved every good omen from their debut ‚Shadows and Half Light‘ true. Neil Pearson of Fish Records and Shrews- bury Folk Festival proclaimed that debut ‚one of the finest contemporary folk albums in recent me- mory‘, and he was right, this one is even better. Spiral Earth
Katriona (fiddle, viola, mandolin, vocals) and Jamie (vocals, guitar) are joined on this album by Jack Theedom (double bass) and Dom Howell (percussion), with PJ Wright guesting on two tracks on pedal steel, and Cia Cherryholmes on banjo on Off To California. Shreds n Patches
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