Pilgrims' Way (band)

Pilgrims' Way
Origin England
Genres English folk music
Folk Rock
Years active 2010–present
Labels Fellside Records
Talking Cat Recordings
Associated acts Gren Bartley & Tom Kitching
Tom Kitching & Jon Loomes
Piva
Ironmasters
Bric-A-Brac
Website www.pilgrims-way.net
Members Jude Rees
Edwin Beasant
Tom Kitching
Jon Loomes
Heather Sirrel
Past members Lucy Wright

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.[1]

The band

Describing themselves as "Refreshingly different, reassuringly traditional",[2] Pilgrims' Way are a 5-piece band from North West England, who rapidly became known in 2011 as one of the most prolific folk groups in the United Kingdom.[3] 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".[4]

The five band members, Edwin Beasant, Jude Rees, Tom Kitching, Jon Loomes and Heather Sirrel 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 [5]
2012 - Spiral Earth Debut album award - nominee [6]
2012 - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards New Horizons award - nominee [7]

Discography

  • Pilgrims' Way EP (2011)
  • Wayside Courtesies (2011)
  • Shining Gently All Around EP (2011)
  • Red Diesel (2016)
  • Stand & Deliver (2017)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folk-awards-2012/
  2. ↑ http://www.pilgrims-way.net/
  3. ↑ http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/x-factor-acts-most-prolific-british-performers-says-prs/
  4. ↑ http://www.pilgrims-way.net/
  5. ↑ http://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/Awards2011.html
  6. ↑ http://www.spiralearth.co.uk/spiralawards2012
  7. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folk-awards-2012/


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