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First time in for this new singer-songwriter whom several regular audience members have urged us to include in our guest listings.
With his eco-conscious debut album ?Silent Spring? (2019), Henry Parker laid down a new sound for modern folk music, drawing deep from the well of the sixties and seventies revival. His style is a clear joining of the past and the present, a unique voice in the folk world that echoes with sounds of the tradition, whilst venturing beyond, into the realms of folk-rock and psych.

A devoted guitarist since childhood, Henry Parker?s musical roots go back to a self appointed upbringing in rock and heavy metal, yet, at the age of 20, paths were taken that led him adrift. Soon enthralled by the ethereal playing of Bert Jansch and Nick Drake; finger-picking and open tunings rapidly became the essence of his sound. Coupled with a love for his immediate moorland surroundings of West Yorkshire, we are presented with a strain of informed, progressive folk music found nowhere else.

Having spent the past 5 years playing headline concerts and supporting many of his musical heroes, including Michael Chapman, Wizz Jones and Bridget St John, Henry Parker?s 2nd album, ?Lammas Fair?, released at the end of 2021, brings him to the forefront of the progressive folk music world.

Heralded across the music press as an essential album, it is this latest release that has seen Parker emerge as a respected artist in the worlds of folk-rock, psych and traditional music.

?His relaxed vocals and song-writing are as warm and open as his tunings? 8/10 Uncut Magazine

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23 Peasholme Green,

York,

North Yorkshire,

England,

YO1 7PR.