Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell

Nominated Best Duo - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012  

Nominated Horizon Award – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011

18 months after their acclaimed debut EP, Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell finally release their debut album, Kite. It speaks volumes about the quality and quantity of their song-writing that non of the EP tracks feature on debut album ‘Kite’. Delicate, haunting and heartbreaking are just a few of the words that have been used to describe Jonny and Lucy’s music. After meeting at Newcastle University 6 years ago, they formed an unlikely alliance – unlikely because Jonny with his bittersweet kitchen-sink dramas, shows sympathy with American storytellers like Dylan and Tom Waits, while Lucy’s traditional folkie upbringing and vocal style couldn’t be more English. Just as likely to appeal to fans of Gillian Welch and Low Anthem the traditional folk world, their six-track EP entitled ‘The North Farm Sessions’ received 4 stars from The Guardian and Q, BBC Radio 1, 2 and 6 airplay, and sold heavily on tour supports with The Unthanks and Bellowhead, and at summer festivals including Green Man, End of the Road and Cambridge.


“Delicate, thoughtful and intimate” ****The Guardian

“Folk music’s best kept secret” Uncut

“There’s something about Jonny and Lucy that makes us feel this is the start of
something pretty damn special- They’re made of magic” MTV

“Life-Affirming Songs” ****Q Magazine

“Heartbreaking and magical” Rachel Unthank