| Biography | The Unthanks (until 2009, Rachel Unthank and the Winterset) are an English folk group known for their eclectic approach in combining traditional English folk, particularly Northumbrian folk music, with other musical genres.[ Their debut album, Cruel Sister, was MOJO magazine's Folk Album of the Year in 2005. Of their subsequent albums, seven have received four or five-starred reviews in the British national press.
Current members (at at April 2016):-
Rachel Unthank (voice, cello, kalimba, feet);
Becky Unthank (voice, autoharp, feet);
Adrian McNally (piano, dulcitone, autoharp, marimba, celeste, kalimba, Fender Rhodes piano, chord organ, glockenspiel, Indian harmonium, percussion, drums, voice);
Niopha Keegan (violin, voice);
Chris Price (guitar, bass, ukulele, dulcitone, voice),
Past members:-
Belinda O'Hooley (piano, voice);
Jackie Oates (violin, voice)
Stef Conner (piano, voice) |