Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell United Kingdom
Biography
Although Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell are widely labelled as an English contemporary folk duo – and do indeed play some traditional songs – most of their songs are their own original compositions influenced by the folk tradition. Kearney is from Hexham in Northumberland and Farrell from Maidstone in Kent. They met whilst studying on Newcastle University's Folk and Traditional Music course in 2005, where Kearney was awarded the Alan Hull prize for songwriting.
