Origin England Years active 2010–present Website www.pilgrims-way.net Genre Folk Albums Wayside Courtesies | Genres English folk music Labels Fellside Records Active from 2010 Record label Fellside Records | |
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Associated acts Gren Bartley & Tom Kitching
Tom Kitching & Jon Loomes Similar Peter Bellamy, Jackie Oates, Steve Knightley, The Albion Band, Show of Hands | ||
Pilgrim's Way are an English folk band, formed in 2010. In 2011, they were nominated for the New Horizons award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012.
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The band
Describing themselves as "Refreshingly different, reassuringly traditional", Pilgrims' Way are a 4-piece band from North West England, who rapidly became known in 2011 as one of the most prolific folk groups in the United Kingdom. The band's influences are varied but they share a deep respect for the tradition and take as their inspiration some of the most influential bands from the 1960s/1970s revival.
Named for the Rudyard Kipling poem, set to music by Peter Bellamy, their self-stated aim is to "present gimmick-free English folk of the finest kind".
The four band members, Edwin Beasant, Lucy Wright, Tom Kitching and Jon Loomes play a wide range of instruments, often changing between them many times during sessions, which enables the band to play a very diverse repertoire of music.
Awards
2011 - FATEA Magazine Tradition award winner
2012 - Spiral Earth Debut album award - nominee
2012 - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards New Horizons award - nominee
Discography
Songs
The Handweaver & The Factory MaidWayside Courtesies · 2011
A Pilgrim's WayWayside Courtesies · 2011
Dark Eyed Molly / Snowy MondayWayside Courtesies · 2011