TWO of the finest exponents of traditional song in the United Kingdom are coming to Skipton.
Mike Wilson and Damien Barber - nominated as best duo in the BBC Radio Folk Awards 2010 - will perform at Skipton Folk Unplugged on Monday.
Raised in Norfolk and heavily influenced by Norfolk singers such as Walter Pardon and Peter Bellamy, Damien has lived for a long time in West Yorkshire, but still retains a strong East Anglian identity.
Mike is the youngest member of the Wilson family, the powerful Teesside singing siblings who have raised the rafters at many festival or folk club events. His musical heritage is emphatically that of the North East – with traditional and modern rural and industrial folk songs.
The two men have a rich shared repertoire of traditional songs plus the work of modern folk writers such as Bellamy, Ewan MacColl and Mike Waterson.
Skipton Folk Unplugged meets at the town's Narrow Boat pub, on Victoria Street, from 8.30pm and all are welcome.
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