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Live @ The Square & Compass, Worth Matravers - 28/10/11

Posted 3 December, 2011 - 11:43
Organisation: Fatea
Reviewer: Neil King
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The last time I saw Katriona Gilmore And Jamie Roberts, it was performing on Stage Two at the Cambridge Folk Festival, seeing them perform in the more intimate setting of the Square And Compass, the legendary 18th century Purbeck Inn that has in it's past played host to the likes of Augustus John, Astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell and Nobel laureates, Sir Alan Hodgkin and Sir Martin Ryle, was

Fatea Review - Up From The Deep

Posted 28 October, 2011 - 10:19
Up From The Deep
Organisation: Fatea
Reviewer: Neil King
Link: Link

"Up From The Deep" is the new album from a duo that will hopefully now be considered part of folk's premier league. Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts show that not only do they get folk, they have the talent and vision to move it forward. The songs and tunes on the album take from the past and drive into the future.

Bright Young review - Up From The Deep

Posted 18 May, 2011 - 12:33
Up From The Deep
Organisation: Bright Young Folk
Reviewer: Shelley Rainey
Link: Link

A welcome second album from this duo who seem to be destined for great things. The first half of 2011 looks set to be exciting for them as they support Fairport Convention on a 32 date tour, (29th January to 5th March 2011) followed by their own tour later in the spring (1st May-11 June 2011).

Folk World review (Germany) - Up From The Deep

Posted 5 May, 2011 - 09:27
Up From The Deep
Organisation: Folk World
Reviewer: Tom Keller
Link: Link

Fiddler Katriona Gilmore has once been a member of Tiny Tin Lady, Jamie Roberts is the guitarist of Kerfuffle.But getting together as a duo created a sound that made me gasp.

Old Ship Inn, Lowdham - Spring tour 2011

Posted 3 May, 2011 - 16:42
Reviewer: Mark Salter
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The first song ‘All I’ve Known’, written by Roberts, exemplified what Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts are about. The number, from new album ‘Up from the Deep’, explores contemporary issues such as joblessness and alcoholism over a folk melody.