by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Unthank : Smith – Nowhere and Everywhere
The Unthanks have always taken risks, how else can you explain covering King Crimson’s ‘Starless’? Yet when Rachel Unthank joined with Maximo Park’s Paul Smith as Unthank : Smith on Nowhere and Everywhere, no one really knew what to expect.…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album | The Unthanks – Sorrows Away
I’ve got an unsent greeting card sat on the side which reads “I heard you’ve been watching a lot of news lately so here’s a card with a comforting duck on it”. I’ve not sent it to anyone yet because…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | The Unthanks – Diversions Vol. 5 – Live and Unaccompanied
From the early days of Rachel Unthank and the Winterset to their configuration as The Unthanks, one of the constants has been the fiddle and vocals of Niopha Keegan. On Diversions Vol. 5 – Live and Unaccompanied, she joins Becky…
by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | The Unthanks – Lines
Lines, a trilogy of song cycles from the Unthanks inspired by poetry and focusing on three female perspectives over time – World War One poets, Emily Bronte and Hull fishing worker Lillian Bilocca – is a staggering meeting of music…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | The Unthanks – Diversions Vol.4 – The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake
The music of The Unthanks defies description and labels. Technically they could be considered a folk band, but when’s the last time a folk band covered King Crimson? Their albums fall into two categories: releases featuring their own music along…
by Joe Sweeting • • Comments Off on News | The Unthanks return with Volume 4 of their Diversions & tour dates for Spring 2017
For Folks Sake favourites The Unthanks have announced their latest release, Diversions Volume 4: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake, set for release on May 26th 2017. Ostensibly a continuation of their exploitative work into the folk traditions, Songs of……
by Chris Peet • • Comments Off on End Of The Road Festival 2015: Sufjan Stevens, Laura Marling, Marika Hackman, The Unthanks, This Is The Kit
It’s 3pm, a couple of days after the glorious End Of The Road Festival 2015 and I’m online buying early bird tickets for EOTR 2016. I’m diligently clicking and refreshing waiting for the link to explode into life so I…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Competition | Win tickets to The Unthanks’ 10th anniversary gig
It’s been a decade since The Unthanks first started making music as Rachel Unthank & the Winterset, and they continue to go from strength to strength – with their latest critically-acclaimed record Mount The Air winning them new fans. They…
by Hannah Corbett • • Comments Off on News | The Unthanks: new single and Glastonbury appearance
Fronted by sisters Rachel and Becky, The Unthanks are an English folk group who are known for their unique blending of traditional folk tunes with other, eclectic sounds and influences. The band’s 8th studio album, Mount The Air, was released in…
by Dominic J Stevenson • • Comments Off on Album | The Unthanks – Mount The Air
The Unthanks’ latest album is filled to the brim with the epic, the grandiose, and the fairytale-esque. The finest moments of Mount The Air are perfect slices of modern folk, always with a nod to some of the genre’s greatest…