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,[1] and in 2014 won the Horizon award in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.[2][3] They were nominated for the Best Duo award in 2015.[4]
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.[5] Russell was also involved in a revival of Peter Bellamy's folk ballad opera The Transports.[6] 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.
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^"BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014 - Winners". BBC Radio 2 website. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
^"Tunstall musician Ciaran Algar lands BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards crown". The Stoke Sentinel (newspaper). 13 February 2013. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
^"BBC Folk Awards 2015". BBC Radio 2 website. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
^Denselow, Robin (2017-03-01). "Shake the Chains review – veteran Peggy Seeger nails the art of protest". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
^Hickling, Alfred (2017-01-27). "The Transports review – extraordinary richness of Botany Bay convicts' stories". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
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