The Unthanks

About

The Unthanks

How many artists have journeyed through as much musical ground as The Unthanks over the past two decades?

BBC 6 Music regulars, but equally to be found on Radios 2, 3 and 4, the Tyneside band are like magpies, picking up undiscovered jewels, reframing history and drawing on the worlds of folk, jazz, orchestral, electronica and art-rock to create their own unique truth and beauty. They have won Mojo Magazine Folk Album of the Year twice, they were the only British folk representation in The Guardian's and Uncut's Best Albums of the Decade (worldwide, all genres), and count amongst their admirers fellow storytellers including Elvis Costello, Maxine Peake, Michael Sheen, Rosanne Cash, Martin Freeman, Robert Wyatt, Martin Hayes, Nick Hornby, Ben Myers and Dawn French.

Reviews

"There are few times when you discover a band and they stalk immediately to the heart of everything you love and hold dear." — Maxine Peake

"They run from the very root of folk music to the very tip of the branch." — Elvis Costello

"It's quite a rare thing now. They've really got everything you could want from music. And I'm very fussy." — Robert Wyatt

"The Unthanks are capable of such beauty that sometimes I can hardly bear to listen to them." — Martin Freeman

Café / Bar open from 18:00

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