David of Sound Tradition

David
Singer and player of spoons and Indian harmonium, I have been involved in performing music since my mid-teens; in recent years I have also written a few folk songs. On first hearing Young Tradition and Peter Bellamy c.1970 I felt a connection with English folk music. Having also been enthralled by Irish, Scottish, American and French folk through the years I’ve come back to traditional English folk. Why? – because it feels right, I love it and because it needs championing. It may not have the immediate appeal of other genres; it’s niche – and so am I. The a cappella harmony singing of folk stories with friends in Sound Tradition both transports and delights me. I believe that the human voice is a much-underrated folk instrument.