The Furrow Collective

Alasdair Roberts | Emily Portman | Rachel Newton | Lucy Farrell

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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Best Group!!

We’re delighted to have been awarded Best Group at The BBC Folk Awards 2017 and would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has brought our music and come to our concerts – we couldn’t do it without you!
We’ve just returned from a brilliant tour spanning Ireland, Yorkshire, Brighton and the Highlands. We’ve had some crazy journeys along the way (!) but we loved every concert. Playing the stunning Brighton Dome with Anna and Elizabeth was a highlight for us.
We’re currently making plans for our third album, so watch this space for updates. And in the meantime we’ll soon be on the road again for our June Tour, dates below.

14th June BURY The Met
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15th June HALIFAX Square Chapel
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16th June ST HELENS Citadel
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17th MORECAMBE The Hothouse
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18th June PAISLEY Paisley Arts Centre
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24th June ST ALBANS Maltings Arts Theatre (Part of St Albans Folk Festival)
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Songs full of death and magic.’ The Guardian****

‘a winningly produced masterclass in folk tradition.’ The Observer ****

‘A group of singers and musicians at the peak of their powers’
fRoots***** Album Choice Playlist

‘Strongly collaborative, innovative and quite distinctive’ Songlines ***** Top of The World

‘Wild Hog is a confident, original record that will offer more to the listener with each spin’ R2*****

Thanks to Chris Cornwell for this fantastic video for WILD HOG!!

Cambridge Folk Festival

Thrilled to be part of Cambridge Folk Festival this year- Thanks to Jon Boden, this years Guest Curator for including us in his line up
Jon Boden on The Furrow Collective
Cambridge Folk Festival
'Listening to them reminds me a bit of listening obsessively to
Planxty as a teenager.'
'It's incredibly exciting when a bunch of musicians who you admire
individually, announce they are forming a group. The four members of
the Furrow Collective are all at the top of their game and indeed
they all lead busy, successful solo careers. The sound they make
together is so refreshing because it has a sense of effortless style
and authenticity. Listening to them reminds me a bit of listening
obsessively to Planxty as a teenager - brilliant, inventive, fresh
but also with a sense of timelessness that chimes beautifully with
the antiquity of the material.'

We are currently on tour..... check out our tour dates

WILD HOG

WILD HOG | 4.11.16
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November 2016 sees the release of the group's second album, Wild Hog, on new imprint Hudson Records. Again produced by Andy Bell and building on the success of its predecessor, Wild Hog shows a marked development in the group's sound and approach, featuring guest musicians Alex Neilson (Trembling Bells) on drums and Stevie Jones (Sound of Yell) on double bass. The Furrow Collective has toured extensively throughout the UK as well as in mainland Europe. Lucy, Rachel, Emily and Alasdair will continue to tour around the release of Wild Hog and into the future, delighting audiences far and near with their uniquely beguiling approach to traditional song.