With their distinctive Northumbrian dialect, haunting vocals and inventive arrangements, The Unthanks have spent the last few years vying with Bellowhead for the unofficial title of Britain’s most ...

THE journey began in Durham Cathedral and ends at York Minster next Friday. Perfect symmetry for The Unthanks, the folk group that combines north-eastern singing sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank with ...

He's the best. A lovely midsummer's baby. Beautiful like his mother, Rachel Unthank. My son was born nine whole pounds exactly. Bigger and older-looking than the other babies on the ward. Not a ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Joined by the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, and opening with a song about a heroic racing pigeon, the Unthanks ...

Viv Hardwick talks to Adrian McNally of The Unthanks about the band’s next amazing series of challenges. THE award-winning North-East folk band, The Unthanks, are working on not one, but two, ...

Then we played here as The Winterset which was Rachel's band before The Unthanks, so I guess it's been quite pivotal at each stage of our career. When we came back with the Brighouse And Rastrick ...

Folk outfit The Unthanks launched their latest album at a special event in Northumberland last weekend. An audience of invited guests including Maximo Park’s Paul Smith and award winning children’s ...

Continuing the sisters' resolute self-documentation, in this case a suite of live performances recorded with the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band. Yes, that lot. And, as you'd expect, the music picks ...