The Unthanks at 20

We’re delighted to be welcoming back The Unthanks as part of a special tour to mark their 20th year celebrations.

BBC 6 Music regulars, but equally to be found on Radios 2, 3 and 4, the Tyneside band are like magpies, picking up undiscovered jewels, reframing history and drawing on the worlds of folk, jazz, orchestral, electronica and art-rock to create their own unique truth and beauty.

They have won Mojo Magazine Folk Album of the Year twice, they were the only British folk representation in The Guardian’s and Uncut’s Best Albums of the Decade (worldwide, all genres), and count amongst their admirers, fellow storytellers including Elvis Costello, Maxine Peake, Michael Sheen, Rosanne Cash, Martin Freeman, Robert Wyatt, Martin Hayes, Nick Hornby, Ben Myers and Dawn French.

Using the traditional music of the North East of England as a starting point, the influence of Miles Davis, Steve Reich, Sufjan Stevens, Robert Wyatt, Antony & The Johnsons, King Crimson and Tom Waits can be heard in the band’s 16 records to date, earning them a Mercury Music Prize nomination and international acclaim along the way.

“Few of their contemporaries, within both folk music and the wider artistic spectrum, have such a keenly-honed ability to locate in a song the emotional essence that can, in just a single phrase or vocal elision, cut one to the quick.” – The Independent

“There are few times when you discover a band and they stalk immediately to the heart of everything you love and hold dear.” – Maxine Peake

“It’s quite a rare thing now. They’ve really got everything you could want from music. And I’m very fussy.” – Robert Wyatt

Starts: 7.30pm
Tickets: £34.50
Venue: The Apex, Bury St Edmunds

Prices include £2 booking fee

This event is promoted by The Apex