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On a trip to Abruzzo Gary Cansell got to sing with the Unthanks, the UK’s coolest folk bandGary Cancell - The Sunday Times July 31st 2016The Unthanks are a Mercury-nominated folk band… Read More

A trip to the Abruzzo to sing with the Unthanks, the UK’s coolest folk bandGary Cancell - The Sunday Times July 31st 2016The Unthanks are a Mercury-nominated folk band. They have colla… Read More

I do not think we shall find our way out of our current troubles without invoking the old gods of England. It will help if King Arthur puts in an appearance too.Meanwhile, here are The Untha… Read More

Inspired, in part, by the early and tragic death of her folk-singing son Nick in 1974, Molly Drake’s poems and songs were not published or recorded until long after her own death 19 y… Read More

The new Emily Brontë-inspired Unthanks album, Lines,  can be already pre-ordered on the band's website:Lines is a trilogy of song cycles inspired by poetry, focusing on three femal… Read More

Starting today, December 17, at the Brontë Parsonage Museum:Shall Earth No More Inspire TheeMonday 17 December 2018 - Sunday 31 March 2019The Emily Brontë Song Cycle by the Unthank… Read More

In The Guardian. David Barnett tells about walking on the Haworth moors with The Unthanks' take on Emily Brontë's poetry playing in your ears.It begins with a flock of birds taking rauc… Read More

Keighley News reminds readers of the fact that Making Thunder Roar, the temporary exhibition at the Brontë Parsonage Museum for Emily Brontë's bicentenary, is closing soon and look… Read More

Today, in Leeds, a musical must in the Emily Brontë 200th anniversary:The Unthanks Sing Emily BrontëFri 21 December, 7:30 PMVictoria Hall, Leeds Town HallPlus special guests, You T… Read More

The worldwide premiere of The Unthanks' take on Emily Brontë's poetry will take place tonight in Leeds. The York Press has an article about it.The Unthanks selected the Emily Brontë… Read More

The York Press reviews the recent concert of The Unthanks in Leeds presenting their Emily Brontë song cycle:There had been a low-key warm-up in Northumberland, but Leeds was the apogee… Read More

Northern Soul reviews the performance of The Unthanks' Emily Brontë Song Cycle at  Leeds Town Hall.An opening piece of audio instantly transports the audience to 19th century… Read More

We might get to see a statue of the Brontës in Haworth in the future as proposed at a meeting of the village's parish council. From The Telegraph and Argus:Lorne Campbell, a member… Read More

The Telegraph and Argus reveals a bit more about Patrick Brontë's year at the Brontë Parsonage Museum.The Brontë Society this week announced Cottrell Boyce, writer of movies l… Read More

It looks like plans are afoot to film a Chinese Jane Eyre. According to BBC News,A Chinese film version of the novel Jane Eyre could be shot in both China and the Brontes' home in West Yorks… Read More

The latest issue of The Brontë Society Gazette is now out (Issue 77. January 2019. ISSN 1344-5940).ARTICLESWecolme by Rebecca Yorke, Brontë Society Head of Comm… Read More

The Craven Herald & Pioneer announces the upcoming performances of Blake Morrison's We Are Three Sisters in Skipton:The Brontës head for Skipton this month as the town’s Littl… Read More

Financial Times reviews The Unthanks' Lines album:Emily Brontë, first world war poets and campaigner Lillian Bilocca are the focus of the UK folk band’s song cycle trilogy.Em… Read More

Another positive review of The Unthanks' album Lines in The Guardian:The Brontë set is the obvious headliner, setting Emily’s poems to music and recording them at the Brontës… Read More

Contact Music reviews the album Lines by The Unthanks deeming it 'excellent' and giving it 4 out of 5 stars.The final album, 'Emily Bronte', is possibly the most remarkable. Recorded at Emil… Read More

The Yorkshire Post presents the exhibition by Helen Burrows, A Brontë Reader, currently at the Dean Clough Gallery in Halifax (February 9-April 4):Picture: The Brontë Bridge by Hel… Read More

The Guardian interviews the writer Sadie Jones:Lisa O'Kelly: What kind of reader were you as a child?S.J.:You read what was on the shelves when there was nothing else to do. There was no YA… Read More

The Scotsman reviews The Unthanks' album Lines, giving it 4 stars.Part 3: Emily Brontë sets ten poems by the Wuthering Heights author to music composed by McNally on Bronte’s own… Read More

The Guardian features the latest creations by Chloé’s creative director, Natacha Ramsay-Levi.As well as the familiar motifs synonymous with rugged British terrain, the hero… Read More

Northern Soul reviews the three parts of The Unthanks' Lines. About Part Three:And so, to Part Three, commissioned by the Brontë estate, based on a series of poems written by Emily Bron… Read More

Publishers Weekly reports a new and upcoming Brontë-related novel:PW is first to report that, five days after receiving the manuscript, Atria’s Daniella Wexler preempted a debut h… Read More

Many news oulets echo the news of Charlotte Brontë's mourning ring in Antiques Roadshow: North Wales Daily Post, The Yorkshire Post, The Telegraph & Argus, The Irish Times, Fox… Read More

Folk Radio interviews Adrian McNally about The Unthanks' Lines.We then went on to discuss the difficulty of actually selecting and interpreting the material, and whether he had found the Emi… Read More

Folk Radio interviews Rachel Unthank about The Unthanks' Lines.Again, obviously, Emily Brontë is very well known worldwide. But for myself and for us as a band we didn’t know abou… Read More

The Telegraph & Argus publishes more information on the Nancy DeGarrs-Undercliffe Cemetery connection:Picture SourceNancy De Garrs was quite a ‘celebrity’ in Bradford Workhou… Read More

 Some events of the first day of this year's Brontë Society Summer Festival:Shall Earth No More Inspire TheeFriday 07 June - Thursday 31 October 2019The Emily Brontë Song Cycl… Read More

You can now listen online to BBC Radio 2's The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe interviewing The Unthanks:This week, Rachel and Becky Unthank talk about making music from Emily Brontë's po… Read More

Louder than War recommends a visit to the Underneath the Stars Festival in Cawthorne, Barnsley:The Unthanks, on Saturday (August 3), are sure to be a firm favourite, bringing together the ex… Read More

The Wharfedale & Aireborough Observer announces an upcoming talk in September by Ann Dinsdale:The Brontë sisters and their family will be the subject of a September talk at Otley Co… Read More

This month's Chapter & Verse in Keighley News reports the upcoming activities at the Brontë Parsonage Museum:The school summer holidays have finally begun, and we’ve been enjo… Read More

The Saffron Walden Reporter talks about the recent appearance of The Unthanks in the Cambridge Folk Festival:It is a wonderful sound. Their stories and songs make people laugh and cry. Adria… Read More

Fine Books and Collections features a couple of current displays of Brontë items:Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire, England, the now publicly owned ancestral home of Lord Byron, has jus… Read More

Saffron Walden Reporter is giving away a pair of tickets to see The Unthanks at Saffron Hall on Saturday, October 26.Emily Brontë's poems have been set to music. They will be sung… Read More

Today, October 16, begins the UK & Ireland Tour of The Unthanks presenting the album Lines:The Emily Brontë Song Cycle TourThe poetry of Emily Brontë, turned into song by The U… Read More

Worcester News announces the upcoming concert, on October 31 in Worcester, of The Unthanks' Emily Brontë Song Cycle tour:If you think the novelist Emily Bronte is something to sing abou… Read More

Today marks the 170th anniversary of the publication of Shirley.The Telegraph and Argus reviews the Bradford concert of The Unthanks.Last night the band - Tyneside sisters Rachel and Becky U… Read More

The crowdfunding initiative to bring one of CharlotteBrontë's little books back to the Parsonage is discussed by the Museums+Heritage Advisor:In order to prise an “extremely rare… Read More

A couple of Irish newspapers are looking forward to seeing The Unthanks play live from their Emily Brontë repertoire.Sunday 3rdThe UnthanksNational Concert Hall, 8pm, €25 nch.ieRac… Read More

SourceThe Yorkshire Post reports that actress Sarah Lancashire was in the Brontë Parsonage giving her support to the campaign to bring Charlotte Brontë's little book home (you can… Read More

Sharon Wright, writer of The Mother of the Brontës: When Maria met Patrick, presents her book in the New York Post:Maria Branwell dutifully worked through piles of schoolboy mending, wo… Read More

Just recorded an hours showcase of cover versions for Panic Radio on WCR (Warminster Community Radio). This is the track listing:1.       Panic - 2012 Rema… Read More

More reviews of Wuthering Heights at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. Manchester Evening News gives it 3 stars out of 5.Shanahan has done away with the narration through Lockwood and Nelly De… Read More

Singing Holidays. Music holidays in Italy and beyond from people who love to sing! A trip to the Abruzzo to sing with the Unthanks, the UK’s coolest folk band! Gary Cancell - The Sunda… Read More

Are you a nature lover? If so Timber, the international forest festival could be for you. Running from the 2nd – 4th July 2021, Timber festival takes place in the heart of the National… Read More

History Extra talks about the current and upcoming trends in historic drama:And it’s not merely single objects that productions look to reproduce. In 2016, Montgomery created a to-scal… Read More

Reviews of Emily are starting to appear in the British press. Radio Times gives it 3 out of 5 stars.While there have been many screen adaptations of Wuthering Heights, its author Emily Bront… Read More

RELEASE: VA – Time is Away – Ballads [A Colourful Storm]LABEL: A Colourful StormGENRES:ElectronicaCATALOG: ACOLOUR041RELEASE DATE: 2022-10-28QUALITY: 320 Kbps FTP DOWNLOAD HOUSEB… Read More

Allison Fiona has been a name in the music industry for many years now. She’s been a part of some of the biggest names in country music, and her voice is nothing short of captivating… Read More

In The Telegraph and Argus, Rebecca Yorke writes about she came to be Brontë Parsonage Museum Director.When I was 12-years-old, I dressed up as Kate Bush and lip-synced to Wutherin… Read More

Rachel Unthank is a folk-singing veteran whose family band, the Unthanks, have always been collaborative, political and quietly experimental, recording LPs of the songs of Anohni, Robert Wy… Read More

Just recorded an hours showcase of cover versions for Panic Radio on WCR (Warminster Community Radio). This is the track listing:1.       Panic - 2012 Rema… Read More

Not long now until we’ll all be at Glastonbury Festival – so check out the the full line-up and stage times for 2023 below and get planning. This year’s festival will be h… Read More

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The Journal of Music mentions some  of the things that The Unthanks have done:They’ve created song cycles from Emily Brontë’s poetry on her original piano. (Hawkswell)S… Read More