Edgelarks

Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin are an English folk music duo.[1] In 2017, they renamed themselves Edgelarks and released an eponymous album.

For other people named Phillip Henry or Hannah Martin, see Phil Henry (disambiguation) and Hannah Martin (disambiguation).
Edgelarks
GenresFolk music
Years active2010–present
MembersPhillip Henry
Hannah Martin

Hailing from Lancashire, Henry is a slide guitarist and harmonica player. Over the past decade he has immersed himself in the music of the Deep South of America, traditional music of the British Isles, and Indian classical music. Specializing in lap slides techniques, his Dobro playing draws together these diverse influences. His harmonica style combines country blues and folk styles with beat-boxing to create a 21st-century harmonica sound heavily steeped in tradition.

Martin is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Devon. Writing mainly on fiddle, viola, and banjo, and drawing on the traditions of the British Isles, she has been commended by Mike Harding. 2012 saw Martin selected to be part of the National Theatre's War Horse School, working with John Tams, Nancy Kerr, John Kirkpatrick and Chris Parkinson. She was also involved in The Nursery Rhyme Project for the Bristol Old Vic, co-writing and performing in a show exploring one of our oldest oral traditions. She worked with Greg Russell, Nancy Kerr, Tim Yates, and Findlay Napier on the protest song project Shake The Chains.

Career

In 2008, Henry travelled to Calcutta to study under the tutelage of Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya, India's premier slide guitarist. He left behind the duo The School Of Trobar, formed with his old friend Tobias ben Jacob. In Henry's absence, ben Jacob began to work on some new material with local fiddle player Martin. When Henry returned, the project evolved into the band The Roots Union, which spent three years on the road gaining a loyal fan base. On meeting, Henry and Martin instantly recognised a musical connection, which became a feature of the band's sound. The band came to an end in 2010, and Henry invited Martin to continue working together as a duo.

They were "discovered" by Show of Hands frontman Steve Knightley[2] who first encountered the duo busking on the seafront during Devon's Sidmouth Folk Week.

The duo won Best Folk Act title in the 2013 South West Music Awards, Best Duo title in the 2013 Spiral Earth Awards and Best Duo at the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.[3][4] They have subsequently been nominated a further two times at the BBC Folk Awards, in 2016 and 2018.

Henry and Martin work with Peter Knight's Gigspanner Trio, to form the five piece Gigspanner Big Band. They are also members of the folk disco project, The Band of Love.

Selected discography
  • Singing The Bones (2011)[5]
  • Mynd (2013)[6][7]
  • Live In Calstock (2014)[8]
  • Watershed (2015)[9]
  • Edgelarks (2017)[10]
  • Folk Fever (2018) as The Band of Love
  • Feather (2019) [11]
  • Henry Martin (2020)

Awards

References
  1. Chilton, Martin (August 27, 2013). "Philip Henry and Hannah Martin, Mynd, album review". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  2. "Philip Henry & Hannah Martin - Best Duo Award (Spiral Awards) - World Music". Worldmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  3. "BBC Radio 2 - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, 2014 - Winners". BBC. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  4. Strange, Paul. "Woodbury's Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin win BBC Radio 2 Folk Award". Exmouth Journal. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  5. "Band Camp". Archived from the original on 2013-08-14. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
  6. Denselow, Robin (September 5, 2013). "Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin: Mynd – review". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  7. "StackPath". Folkradio.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  8. "StackPath". Folkradio.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  9. "Watershed, by Edgelarks: Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin". Philliphenryhannahmartin.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  10. "Edgelarks, by Edgelarks: Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin". Philliphenryhannahmartin.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  11. "Feather, by Edgelarks: Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin". Philliphenryhannahmartin.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  12. Irwin, Colin (February 20, 2014). "Folk is growing up but it still has a lot to learn". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
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