Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar | |
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Background information | |
Genres | Folk |
Instrument(s) | vocals, guitar, fiddle, bouzouki |
Years active | 2011 | –present
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Website |
russellalgar |
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.