MULTI- AWARD NOMINEES PILGRIMS’ WAY RELEASE NEW VIDEO
North West award-nominated trio Pilgrims’ Way have released their first video, featuring one of the most airplayed tracks from their acclaimed debut album. The Manchester-based trio of Lucy Wright, Tom Kitching and Edwin Beasant, nominated for theHorizon Award (Best Emerging Act) at the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in February, feature in a video below of The Handweaver and The Factory Maid, filmed by Cristian Barnett.
Filmed on the Ashton Canal, which runs between Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne, the musicians are seen on Kitching and Beasant’s ex-Ellesmere Port tar boat “Spey. Stockport’s famous Lowry-inspiring viaduct, as seen on the Wayside Courtesies album cover, also features and the boat drifts past derelict mills. The film features Kitching on fiddle, Beasant on guitar and Wright on vocals and Jew’s harp.
The Pilgrims’ version of the traditional The Handweaver and the Factory Maid will also appear on the new 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards triple compilation album which features numbers by all nominees as well as the BBC Young Folk Award semi-finalists.
With a busy 2012 ahead of them, chock full of gigs, the trio will be seen at festivals including Doncaster, Derby, Chester, Towersey, Bromyard and Ely.
Next week (Friday, January 27) Pilgrims Way will be “live” in session on BBC Radio 3’s World on 3, performing several songs and interviewed by presenter Lopa Kothari.
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Pilgrims’ Way have been a revelation to me – they are the real deal” - Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2
“The stunning voice of Lucy Wright” - Fiona Talkington, BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction
“I really can’t underplay the impact of their debut album-Pilgrims’ Way have everything on their side- fRoots
Artist Web Links: www.pilgrims-way.net & www.myspace.com/pilgrimswaymusic
