Pilgrims' Way (band)

Pilgrims' Way
Origin England
Genres English folk music
Years active 2010present
Labels Fellside Records
Associated acts Gren Bartley & Tom Kitching
Tom Kitching & Jon Loomes
Website www.pilgrims-way.net
Members Lucy Wright
Edwin Beasant
Tom Kitching
Jon Loomes

Pilgrim's Way are an English folk band, formed in 2010. In 2011, they were nominated for the New Horizons award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012.[1]

The band

Describing themselves as "Refreshingly different, reassuringly traditional",[2] Pilgrims' Way are a 4-piece band from North West England, who rapidly became known in 2011 as one of the most prolific folk groups in the United Kingdom.[3] The band's influences are varied but they share a deep respect for the tradition and take as their inspiration some of the most influential bands from the 1960s/1970s revival.

Named for the Rudyard Kipling poem, set to music by Peter Bellamy, their self-stated aim is to "present gimmick-free English folk of the finest kind".[4]

The four band members, Edwin Beasant, Lucy Wright, Tom Kitching and Jon Loomes play a wide range of instruments, often changing between them many times during sessions, which enables the band to play a very diverse repertoire of music.

Awards

2011 - FATEA Magazine Tradition award winner [5]
2012 - Spiral Earth Debut album award - nominee [6]
2012 - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards New Horizons award - nominee [7]

Discography

References


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