"...a hell of a team as well as a talented pair of individuals" (NetRhythms)

"....their engrossing performance style, all-round expertise and excellent choice of songs" (The Living Tradition)

First working together in acclaimed 1980s 'rogue folk' band The Cluster of Nuts, Chris and Siobhan are now wowing audiences with their engaging performances as a duo. Siobhan's singing is frequently described as spine-tingling, but she also 'lets rip' in a more powerful style when required! Chris's sensitive accompaniment, on fiddle, mandola, tenor (4-string) guitar or viola, helps give this duo its unique flavour.

Chris and Siobhan's typical live set includes a great mixture of material, including traditional songs (mainly, but not exclusively, English) and original arrangements of songs from a variety of great writers. Added to the mix is some fine a cappella singing, a smattering of American 'old-timey' songs, and often a fiddle tune or two. They have a long-standing collaboration with singer-songwriter Barry Wake (the third member of occasional trio Nelsons Wake), and Barry's moving and thought-provoking songs often prove to be highlights in Chris and Siobhan's performances.

Equally at home in an intimate acoustic setting or on the 'big stage', Chris and Siobhan have appeared at numerous festivals and folk clubs over the years in various guises: as a duo, and with Nelsons Wake, The Cluster of Nuts Band, The New St George, and Loose Screws Appalachian Dancers & String Band; Chris was a member of the 'American roots' band Midnight Flyers (with bluesmen Arnie Cottrell and Pete Harris) and bluegrass combo The Merseybillies.  Chris and Siobhan are also popular Resident Singers at Southport's Bothy Folk Club.

Chris and Siobhan have made many appearances on BBC local radio stations and web-based radio stations.

http://www.chrisandsiobhan.co.uk/

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DISCOGRAPHY

Albums by Chris and Siobhan Nelson:

Tomorrow's Sun (2004)         Day Has Dawned (2006)

Album by Nelsons Wake (Chris & Siobhan, with Barry Wake):

Ebb and Flow (2008)

Other albums on which Chris and/or Siobhan have appeared:

That Eastern Wind: Songs and Poems of Geoff Parry, Vol. 8 (2008)

You Must Be Barking... (charity compilation album) (2007)

Residents Lounge by The Bothy Folk Club (2007)

Music Playtime, Vol. 2 by Sarah Marks

Send the Rainbow: Songs and Poems of Geoff Parry, Vol. 7 (2006)

Donovan Songs by Pete Rimmer (2004)

Best Wishes by Barry Wake (2002)

Sorry About That! by Arnie Cottrell (1997)

Rise At Dawn by Barry Wake (1997)

Unclogged by Loose Screws (1996)

Time Alone Will Tell by Barry Wake (1994)

Darling Good Ale by George Wilson (1993)

One Foot in the Water by The New St George (1991)

Fridge in the Fast Lane by The Cluster of Nuts Band (1983)