The Unthanks' startling folk has all the eerie power of their native Northumbria's coast. Backed by trumpet, drums and a female string section reminiscent of Robert Kirby's work with Nick Drake, ...

Rachel and Becky Unthank (yes, that's their given name) grew up living and breathing folk music in England's Northumberland County -- their parents, both singers, were active performers, and as the ...

The Unthanks have announced initial details of the third edition of their Home Gathering mini-festival set to take place in Newcastle this September. Rachel Unthank and The Winterset will perform The ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. The Unthanks are finishing a year that saw two album releases, a collaboration with a brass band, live ...

And ever since then Britain’s indigenous music has been the subject of much mirth, not least amongst a rock/pop contingent too cool to admit they probably owe massive debt to the music they so deride.

theartsdesk is calling her in her Northumberland cottage to talk to her about The Unthanks’ new album, Last, which contains many Minstrelsy-sourced numbers. Yet for such a communicator of woe she is ...

English folk group The Unthanks, formerly known as Rachel Unthank and The Winterset, has been leading the neo-folk renaissance since its acclaimed debut in 2005. The band's third album, Here's the ...

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The Unthanks have won album of the year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for the ambitious, melancholy Mount The Air. The record, which received a host of five star reviews, is notable for its 10-minute ...

The Unthanks experiment continues, with an album of gentle melancholia that matches their most elaborate instrumental arrangements to date with a reworking of a startling variety of songs. As ever, ...