Chris Foster

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English and Icelandic folk songs from English singer and guitarist CHRIS FOSTER - a master of his trade, “Chris Foster merits legend status, one of the very best in the second wave of the Brit folk revival, as important as Martin Carthy, Dick Gaughan and Nic Jones in the way he modernised and invested traditional songs with inventive guitar arrangements and potent vocal delivery.” His 2017 album 'Hadelin' is attracting review quotes such as 'one of the very finest albums of English song by anybody in recent years.' fROOTS and 'I won’t hesitate in recommending this album unreservedly, and it will definitely feature in the year’s best when award-voting comes around.' Fatea magazine. and Bára Grímsdóttir who is quite simply one of Iceland's very best traditional singers. Together with Chris Foster as the duo Funi they breathe new life into great songs that have been hidden for too long in old recordings, and manuscripts and they have also add new songs to the tradition.