Ranagri

Alt folk band Ranagri combine voices, guitars, (Donal Rogers) flutes/whistles, (Eliza Marshall), harp (Eleanor Dunsdon) and bodhran (Jordan Murray) to create their unique sounds and storytelling. Since forming, Ranagri have recorded three studio albums at Grammy Award Winning Record Label Stockfisch Records.

Numerous festival performances include Cambridge, Gate to Southwell, Towersey and New Forest Folk. They are equally at home in a small folk club, art centre or at The Union Chapel, with tours taking in Cambridge Junction and Camac Harp Festival in France, The Oran Mor in Glasgow, and regular invitations to perform throughout Germany. 

Ranagri bring depth of lyrics to a big sound and get audiences to their feet as they discover their new favourite band.

“Ranagri, a sound that's completely new, which has great energy and immediately makes you want to dance” - Katie Derham BBC Radio 3

Ranagri - Medication Show

Craig Joiner has been a professional musician for over 25 years, doing his first ever spot at the Cellar Folk Club in Old Hemel Hempstead when he was about 16.  However he turned to the electric guitar and rock after having his mind blown by Rush playing Tom Sawyer on TOTP.

In 1987 his band Romeo’s Daughter were signed to Jive Records and released their debut album a year later. The self- titled album was produced by the legendary Robert ‘Mutt’ Lange (Def Leppard, The Cars, ACDC, Shania Twain).  Romeo’s Daughter disbanded in 1994 but reformed again in 2009, they’ve made two more albums and are currently working on another.

Craig has written songs that have been recorded by the likes of Heart, Bonnie Tyler, Eddie Money and Steps.  As a session player Craig also has an impressive list of names he has recorded for including Tom Jones, Jane Wiedlin and Peter Collins.  He has also had his songs used in major Hollywood movies such as ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’, ‘102 Dalmatians’ and ‘Jack Reacher’, but it took until 2019 for the his first solo album, ‘Art of Landing’ to be released. 

In recent years Craig has returned to the Folk Club scene where he has gained an impressive following and where he honed the songs for his long awaited solo debut album.  He has kept himself busy during the pandemic recording a second album due out later this year and actually managed to do a real life socially distanced gig supporting Kitty Macfarlane at Harwell Village Hall.  He is looking forward to getting back out on the road again as soon as is possible.

Craig Joiner - Emily Benton

The Dunwells are a successful Leeds based indie-folk-pop band with strong vocals, powerful melodies and heartfelt lyrics. Their debut album ‘BLIND SIGHTED FAITH’ was released to much global acclaim and spawned the singles ‘I COULD BE A KING’, ‘FOLLOW THE ROAD’ (performed on the NBC Jay Leno show) and the title track ‘BLIND SIGHTED FAITH’.

The band have since released 3 further studio albums, a live album and a number of standout EP’s and singles.

The Dunwells have found favour with audiences across the world having performed live and toured extensively in the USA, Europe and the UK as well as having supported artists including Mumford & Sons, Elbow, Tom Jones, Scouting for Girls and Bryan Adams on UK tours.

They are passionate and prolific singer-songwriters having written material for notable artists and with joint collaborators as well as other high profile up and coming musicians.

The Dunwells have performed and been featured on many TV Shows on the BBC, ITV, NBC and multiple music and national/regional press publications. The Dunwells have also received significant radio play throughout their career.

In addition, The Dunwells have recorded numerous podcasts, performed record breaking virtual gigs over the lockdown period and have amassed a loyal and passionate global following.

Their ‘LIGHT UP THE SKY’ and ‘SOMETHING IN THE WATER’ albums have generated countless esteemed singles, demonstrating the quality and depth of The Dunwells song writing ability underpinned by the strength and conviction of the vocal and lyrical harmonies the band have become famous for. Both albums have generated some of their most popular and acclaimed tracks such as ‘COMMUNICATE’, ‘SHORT STORIES’, ‘I CARE’, ‘LUCKY ONES’ and ‘NOTHING LEFT’

Released on May 19th this year, ‘TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT’ is The Dunwells fourth, full length, studio album recorded and self-produced from their own studio in Leeds, UK. All tracks have been co-written by song-writing combo of brothers Joseph and David Dunwell, mixed by Tim Palmer and Chuy Flores and mastered by Gavin McGrath.

‘TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT’ is a collection of 12 new tracks, written over the last 2 years and has been described as The Dunwells “most creative, inspired and personal work to date, reflecting a wide range of musical and lyrical influences”. The singles ‘SUMMERTIME’, ‘DAYDREAMER’, ‘THIS IS LOVE’ and ‘HOW WILL THEY REMEMBER US?’ have all been successfully and recently released from the album.

Belinda O’Hooley is an exceptionally gifted pianist, singer, songwriter, and composer whohas become renowned for her highly individual, emotional, yet sensitive musicality. She is also one half of the much-loved Yorkshire folk duo O’Hooley & Tidow alongside her wife Heidi Tidow; together described by The Guardian as ‘exceptional songwriters.’ The duo have been propelled into newfound fame for penning the theme tune to Sally Wainwright’s hit BBC1/HBO drama ‘Gentleman Jack’, earning them global admiration, an acting role for Belinda on the iconic TV drama Happy Valley, Radio 4 Woman’s Hour and concerts that sell out months in advance.

Belinda is also known for her inventive, minimalist, sometimes flamboyant accompanying of folk luminaries including Rufus Wainwright, Nic Jones, Jackie Oates and the Mercury nominated; Rachel Unthank and The Winterset.

Her solo album ‘Inversions’ showcases Belinda’s abilities as a composer and pianist with many of the piano pieces inspired by the songs and tunes her father inherited from a long line of male musicians in the hills of the West coast of rural Ireland. Belinda: the first woman in her family to reclaim the tradition, has found the freedom to express the music of her ancestors in her very own, unconventional way, evolving and migrating into something you could describe as an inversion: a reversal of the norm.  Belinda O’Hooley is an artist truly at one with her instrument.

‘Goose-pimples, hair standing on end, pin-drop silence, all of this and so, so much more. The applause as she took her seat behind her piano once again, was deafening and lengthy. Pure love lapping against the stage.’ Fatea

‘Exquisite’ * * * * * The Guardian

‘O’Hooley stops the whole of St George’s in its tracks.’ Bristol 24/7

‘Defiant, robust, northern, poetical, political folk music for the times we live in.’ The Independent

‘Dense, complex, beautifully performed.’ * * * * Songlines