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The Young Tradition
12+ albums
folkenglish folktraditional folkindie popa cappella
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There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) An English folk trio of the mid-1960s; 2) An American/Swedish indie-pop duo signed to Matinée Recordings in 2003. 1) The Young Tradition was an English folk trio remembered for their albums of mainly traditional British folk music, sung in arrangements for their three unaccompanied voices. The trio was apparently formed by chance when Peter Bellamy (died 1991) and Royston Wood (died 1990) met when they were camping on a mutual friend's floor, and started making harmonies together. Heather Wood (no relation to Royston) (died 2024) encountered them at a folk club in April 1965 and just joined in from the audience. Their harmonies, owe much to The Copper Family, but also came from their other musical loves. For Royston Wood, it was classical music. For Heather Wood, it was The Everly Brothers and years of school and church choirs. The trio moved to London and shared a house with John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and Anne Briggs. They recorded three albums, plus an EP, on the Transatlantic Records label. Their later work became more influenced by mediaeval music, with their third, and final, studio album, "Galleries", musically augmented by Dolly Collins, Dave Swarbrick, David Munrow and Early Music Consort of London. They also recorded a collaboration with Shirley Collins and Dolly Collins titled "The Holly Bears The Crown" (1969). In 1969, the group split up on account of their different musical preferences, with Be
