ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Band Ninebarrow

Band Members Jon Whitley Jay LaBouchardiere

Accolades

BBC Radio 2 Folk Award NINEBARROW are a multi-award-winning folk duo, who are impressing audiences ’Horizon’ Nominees 2017 across the country with their innovative and captivating take on the folk tradition. Described by Mike Harding as sounding ‘damn fine’ and by Kate Rusby as ‘absolutely Best Duo Nominees amazing’, Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere combine breath taking vocal harmonies Folking.com Awards 2017 and melodies, delivering original songs that are inspired and rooted in the landscape and history of the British Isles. As well as crafting unique and engaging original material, Best Duo Nominees Ninebarrow also take a wide-range of traditional folk songs and rework them in their Fatea Magazine Awards 2016 own, distinctive way. Not only exceptional singers and musicians, Ninebarrow are also equally passionate about the stories behind their songs - combining their music with Top Folk Albums of 2016 history, folklore and storytelling. The Telegraph The duo were nominated in the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award ‘Horizon’ category for Best Debut Album of 2014 Best Emerging Artist and also for ‘Best Duo’ in both the Fatea Magazine Awards 2016 Fatea Magazine and the Folking.com awards of 2017. In March 2017, the duo were invited to perform a live session on Mark Radcliffe’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Show, where the presenter described Top Folk Albums of 2014 their singing as ‘A rather lovely thing...like two halves of one voice’.

The Telegraph Ninebarrow’s latest album, ‘Releasing the Leaves’, was released to wide-spread critical acclaim. Recorded and produced in the duo’s own studio and mastered by Mark Tucker (whose other credits include Show of Hands and ) the album Quotes received a raft of stellar reviews including five stars in both Maverick Magazine and the English Dance and Song Magazine produced by the EFDSS. Receiving airplay on national  and regional radio stations across the UK, including the multiple plays on the BBC Radio ‘Stunning’ 2 Folk Show, it was described by Suzi Klein on BBC Radio 3 as demonstrating the duo’s Maverick Magazine harmonies ‘to perfection’. It was also awarded four stars by The Telegraph and listed in the paper’s Top Folk Albums of 2016 as well as featuring in several other ‘Best Albums  of 2016’ awards lists. ‘Immaculate’ EFDSS Magazine Following the critical acclamation that the duo have received, they’ve been in high demand and have been receiving bookings at a plethora of folk clubs, music venues and ‘Genuine Britishfolk music charm’ festivals across the country. As well as headlining in their own right, Ninebarrow have The Telegraph also provided support for some of the folk greats, including Kate Rusby, Seth Lakeman, Show of Hands and most recently, Barbara Dickson. They were selected by Cambridge ‘Apt, appealing & pitch –perfect’ Folk Festival as one of five ‘showcase’ artists in 2016 and were described by the festival R2 Magazine as being a group destined for ‘great things in the future’.

‘A stellar performance’ Mike Harding Engaging, charismatic and humorous - Ninebarrow are winning new fans wherever they go. See them live, and you’ll quickly understand why.

‘Like two halves of one voice’ Mark Radcliffe, BBC R2 Read the full Ninebarrow story at www.ninebarrow.co.uk

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