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The Askew Sisters
12+ albums
folkbritish folkenglish folkchilloutScottish
about
The Askew Sisters is an English folk duo comprising sisters Emily and Hazel Askew. Using fiddle and melodeon, they play and sing with an infectious enjoyment and love for the music. They have played at venues across the UK from top festivals and folk clubs to London's National Theatre and National Portrait Gallery. The released their album "All in a Garden Green" in Autumn 2007. The sisters were born and bred in London, the children of two Morris dancers. They grew up in the folk scene, with frequent trips to ceilidhs and annual family holidays to Sidmouth Festival. As they grew older they became increasingly interested in the music side, returning back to school from the summer holidays wanting to start ceilidh bands. They began various classical lessons at school and eventually started a folk band named Rubber Chicken . Over the next few years they gained experience, playing their first gigs, and were even the subject of a full article in Folk on Tap magazine (aged just 11 and 14). They also became interested in the dance side of tradition, playing and dancing for Morris, Appalachian and Rapper teams. Things really started off a few years later when Emily switched to the fiddle and Hazel decided she'd quite like to play the melodeon. They added a few songs to the repertoire and thought they might as well enter the New Roots competition as a duo, unexpectedly coming away with the top prizes. Encouraged by this they then recorded a few tracks with Doug Bailey to use
top songs
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Goose and Common
3092The Maid on the Shore
2933The Blue Eyed Stranger / Goddesses / Mrs Casey
2614Saturday Night / Through Lonesome Woods
2545The Bonny Bows of London Town
2526The Unquiet Grave
1497If I Was A Blackbird
1288The Dusty Miller / The Presbyterian Hornpipe
1229I Wandered by the Brookside
12010Henry Martin
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