Tom Kitching and Gren Bartley are one of the brightest young acts on the folk scene today. Playing music from a remarkably broad range of sources, their album 'Rushes' crosses genres with a healthy disdain for arbitrary pigeon-holing of styles and traditions. Some songs just need to be sung.
'The instruments spark, with the combination of the bright fiddle and the acclaimed finger picking style of Bartley giving a lovely flow to the tunes' - Maverick Magazine
'Bartley proves to be an accomplished songwriter, with a restful voice that lulls its way into the mind and heart.' -Allmusic.com
'Tom must be one of the best young fiddlers in England, with a fluid style equally at ease with the English, American and Irish traditions' - Living Tradition
"Their own compositions really do sparkle with commitment and creativity in their bright eyed and idiomatic playing" Froots
'The arrangements are dense and interesting featuring Bartley's intricate picking and finger style guitar as the main accompaniment to his singing and Kitching's fine instrumental playing.' Penguin Eggs, Canada
'A fresh faced marriage or British Folk and barnstorming bluegrass, Rushes is an impressive first splash by a duo who look destined for great things' - Properganda
'You've a duo certain to create a stir with their refusal to be easily pigeonholed' - Rock and Reel Magazine
'There'll be many giving (Rushes) the big thumbs up! And I, for one, will be with them. Great stuff.' Steve Henderson - Folk Northwest
This is a beautiful version of Davy Lowston. Its amazing how the song has come from New Zealand, via America, thanks to the Sealers and the Whalers in the South Atlantic, and back to Britain. I love your rendition of it and have just ordered the album from Amazon UK. Great Stuff!
bolddubhglas 4 weeks ago
wish we can see some video footage you playing but nevertheless good stuff
TheGuitarist562 7 months ago