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Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar
Background information
GenresFolk
Instrument(s)vocals, guitar, fiddle, bouzouki
Years active2011 (2011)–present
Members
  • Greg Russell
  • Ciaran Algar
Websiterussellalgar.co.uk

Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar are a British folk music duo. Algar is a multi-instrumentalist who plays fiddle, guitar, banjo, and percussion. They won the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2013, and in 2014 won the Horizon award in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. They were nominated for the Best Duo award in 2015.

As well as working as the duo, Russell and Algar have been involved in other projects. Russell put together Shake the Chains, a project which brought together musicians including Nancy Kerr, Martin Simpson and Peggy Seeger to write and sing songs of togetherness, protest and community. Russell was also involved in a revival of Peter Bellamy's folk ballad opera The Transports. Algar is also a member of Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys. Russell joined The Band of Love, who released their debut album Folk Fever in 2018.

Albums

  • The Queen's Lover (2012)
  • The Call (2014)
  • The Silent Majority (2016)
  • Utopia and Wasteland (2018)

References

  1. "Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar collect the Young Folk Award". BBC Radio 2 website. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  2. "BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014 - Winners". BBC Radio 2 website. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  3. "Tunstall musician Ciaran Algar lands BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards crown". The Stoke Sentinel (newspaper). 13 February 2013. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  4. "BBC Folk Awards 2015". BBC Radio 2 website. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  5. Denselow, Robin (2017-03-01). "Shake the Chains review – veteran Peggy Seeger nails the art of protest". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  6. Hickling, Alfred (2017-01-27). "The Transports review – extraordinary richness of Botany Bay convicts' stories". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  7. "Release "The Queen's Lover" by Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  8. "Release "The Call" by Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  9. "Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar – The Call (review)". Folk Radio UK website. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  10. "The best folk albums of 2014". The Telegraph. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  11. "Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar - The Call (review)". Bright Young Folk. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  12. "Release "The Silent Majority" by Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  13. "Release "Utopia and Wasteland" by Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  14. "Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar: Utopia and Wasteland (and video premiere)". Folk Radio UK website. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

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