A Musical Treat at Martletwy

Paul Hutchinson and Karen Wimhurst are playing at Burnetts Hill Chapel, Martletwy, on Tuesday 13 May.

Paul and Karen came together through their love of traditional music, cut through with experimentation, boldness, humour and risk. Their first duo album Coracle had five-star reviews and led to them touring widely across UK and European Festivals. Both composers and improvisers, they now celebrate over 20 years of close collaboration and original music, playing as a duo and with other bands and large-scale projects.

Paul Hutchinson is a BBC Folk Award Best Live Artist nominee with Belshazzar’s Feast, a much-feted accordion player and teacher. He’s equally at home on the concert stage, playing dance tunes for enthusiastic revellers or running workshops. His previous collaborations with Hoover the Dog, Pagoda Project and The Maniacs produced albums and performances that drew five-star reviews.

Karen Wimhurst is a widely commissioned composer, ranging from chamber works to music theatre and large-scale, collaborative productions. Eclectic in nature, her own distinctive music manifests diverse traditional and jazz influences alongside a strong grounding in contemporary classical music.

Guest artists are Hannah Cumming, an enthusiastic and virtuosic fiddle player and singer, and Fiona Barrow, a Bristol-based violinist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, teacher, recording artist and facilitator.