Stornoway

Stornoway began quietly one freshers' week at Oxford University, when lead singer and principal songwriter Brian Briggs approached Jon Ouin (keys/banjo/electric guitar/cello) and asked if he happened to like Teenage Fanclub. They began playing music together soon afterwards, in the dining hall of Wolfson College and immediately set to work on their own fledgling compositions. Stonrnoway were the first unsigned band to ever to be booked for the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival.

The Young 'uns have proved themselves a unique proposition - writing and performing a cappella or subtly accompanied songs that tell it how it is alongside traditional songs from their native North-East and further afield. Renowned for their pitch perfect harmonies and rapid fire humour, their live show undeniably has the human touch. A decade of performance around the country, national radio sessions, more than 40 festival appearances (Cambridge to Glastonbury) and increasingly acclaimed album releases has delivered a gregarious, sharply honed, pull no punches act that clinched the Best Group trophy at both the 2016 and 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Beguiling audiences around the world, they seamlessly switch from beautiful ballads to brilliant banter, from profoundly poignant songs to infectiously irreverent humour. This, combined with their passion for storytelling and commitment to maintaining the tradition of social commentary, has led to five star reviews, live sessions on BBC Radio 2 and 3 and documentaries on Radio 4 as well as countless sold out shows and festival appearances throughout the UK, Canada and Australia.

Daisy Chute is a singer, songwriter, orchestrator and arranger. As a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, piano, ukulele, banjo) she performs her own material solo and with various bands; a founding member of platinum-selling vocal quartet All Angels, Daisy is now lead singer of the newly-formed three and me. She has toured internationally singing across Europe, America and the Middle East and went to the Far East and Russia with the RSC and National Theatre of Scotland as an actor/musician. She writes and sings folk songs inspired by her Scottish and American roots, and has received awards from renowned songwriting competitions including Nashville's Songdoor, BBC Young Composer, Burnsong and UK Songwriting Festival.