Origin England Years active 2004–present Active from 2004 | Past members Mark Hutchinson Genre Folk music | |
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Associated acts Ashley HutchingsFairport ConventionAlbion Band Albums Some Colours Fly, Fortune Never Sleeps, The Best Of: 2004 - 2010 Record labels Talking Elephant, Talking Elephant Records Similar Judy Dunlop, The Albion Band, Etchingham Steam Band, Blair Dunlop, Elbow Jane | ||
Rainbow Chasers are an English folk band, formed in 2004 by Ashley Hutchings. They play traditional and original compositions largely on acoustic instruments and have already gathered a reputation for their quality of their musicianship, arrangements and live performances.
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Origin
After the suspension of Ashley Hutchings’ long running focus the Albion Band in 2002, he ceased to have a full-time touring and recording project. In 2004 he decided to put together a small group based around talented young musicians. The original lineup besides Hutchings on bass was: Mark Hutchinson on guitar, Ruth Angell on violin and guitar and Jo Hamilton on viola, and guitar. All four members contribute vocals to the sound of the band, which combines folk with classical sensibilities. In 2008 Mark Hutchinson left the band and was replaced by guitarist/singer-songwriter Joe Topping.
Recordings and Performances
After a short tour in 2004, the first album, Some Colours Fly was released early in 2005. This was followed by a DVD of their performance at Huntingdon Hall in Worcester, and a shortened CD version as A Brilliant Light (2005). A third album Fortune Never Sleeps was released in 2006 to coincide with their first performance at Fairport Convention’s Cropredy Festival that year, where they played to 20,000 people.
Albums
DVD
Songs
Knitting SongSome Colours Fly · 2005
Well-Dressing Song2014
The Lost BagpipeFortune Never Sleeps · 2006