A LOCALLY educated singer songwriter has won the UK Album of the Year award.

Archie Sylvester, who attended Wellington School and performs with his wife Issy Ferris as Ferris and Sylvester, scooped the Americana Music Association accolade for the album Superhuman.

The duo shared the stage with legends such as Robert Plant, Judy Collins, Mike Scott of the Waterboys and Alison Krauss at the Hackney Empire as they collected their award and played to a live audience of thousands.

Superhuman is their first released album and is the culmination of a glittering whirlwind of activity in their developing years.

They have played a host of festivals including Glastonbury and the Nashville AmericanaFest, been on European and UK tours and played at all the best London venues, including The Royal Albert Hall, The Royal Festival Hall and many of the hip music spots.

WATCH THE VIDEO: Ferris and Sylvester performing.

They write and produce all their own songs, have a prolific repertoire and are superb instrumentalists, with Issy playing guitar and keys and Archie’s fantastic lead guitar, keys and funky percussion machine pumping away on his feet.

Their sound is hauntingly beautiful and rip-roaringly danceable with riffs that will stay with you all day.

The clever combination of Archie Sylvester’s blues influence and Issy Ferris’ soft folk tone has created a distinctive genre of their own.

Archie made his stage debut at Wellington School when he played the roller-skating, guitar playing Ariel in the production of Return to the Forbidden Planet.

The couple have had a fabulous year and welcomed their first child, born in Nashville Tennessee – aptly named Lucky Sylvester.

They met as solo musicians on London’s vibrant music scene and their thoughtfully crafted, superb songwriting caught the ear of legendary producer Youth (Paul McCartney/The Verve/ Crowded House).

The pair recorded their first record ‘The Yellow Line EP’ with Youth in his Space Mountain Studios, Spain, and then released their self-produced second EP ‘Made In Streatham’.

Both received stunning press acclaim, with Rolling Stone Magazine including them in their ‘Top 10 New Country Acts You Need To Hear’ list, and Mojo Magazine referring to their song ‘Save Yourself’ as a ‘masterpiece of Brit Folk’.

While the 60s sounds of NYC’s Greenwich Village are clear references in their catchy folk-pop sound, the duo also sit comfortably within a thriving contemporary alt-folk scene.