THE Edgelarks will be flying into Taunton on the tailwind of BBC award winning duo Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin.

The pair’s new project takes the roots of their previous work, from the traditional musics of the British Isles to Indian classical slide guitar to the stomping roots party of Phil’s beatbox harmonica; adds a strong stem of original writing; and runs wilder with each repeat play.

They began their musical journey together living in a small caravan in the hills near Exmouth, Devon.

Phil had just returned, chaturangui in tow, from studying slide guitar in India with the master musician Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya.

Phil and Hannah then met playing in altroots outfit The Roots Union, travelling from festival to festival, tent to tent, wandering the highways, byways, and old forgotten pathways of these islands.

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Spotted busking on the seafront at Sidmouth Folk Festival by champion of independent music Steve Knightley, they soon found themselves touring nationally, supporting the likes of Show of Hands and Seth Lakeman, and eventually winning the prestigious Best Duo award at the 2014 BBC Folk Awards.

From recording their first album, Singing the Bones, at home in their living room in the dead of night, they have gone on to produce three more records, each time refining the process and honing their production skills – Mynd, Live in Calstock, and Watershed (which garnered them a second nomination for Best Duo at the BBC Folk Awards in 2016.).

Edgelarks, which is both their new band name and their fourth studio album, is their most innovative work to date.

Tickets cost £14. These can be bought online at thebrewhouse.net or call the box office on 01823 283244.