Performer Name: Julie Murphy
Show Name: CERI RHYS MATTHEWS AND JULIE MURPHY
Show Description
Julie Murphy and Ceri Rhys Matthews are founder members of groundbreaking and Internationally respected Welsh folk group fernhill. As a duo they perform traditional songs and dance tunes from Wales and beyond, with particular emphasis on the music and poetry of West Wales. Their exquisite musical evocations of landscape and culture are timeless and universal. They have toured worldwide and their music has been featured on BBC Radio 3's In Tune and Late junction, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Alba, BBC Radio 2 and stations across Europe. "Their music is rapturous and alive" THE GUARDIAN " Beautiful voice" ROBERT PLANT
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Julie has travelled the world with her music, both solo and with Welsh innovators fernhill, the group she formed with her partner Ceri Rhys Matthews in 1996. Over the years she has collaborated with a wide range of musicians including John Cale, Robert Plant, Danny Thompson, Martin Simpson, Kenya’s Ayub Ogada and the early music group Sinfonye.
Her forty year musical journey was recently marked by a limited edition double vinyl album called Retrospective
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"Julie Murphy is a towering talent both in traditional music and as a singer songwriter. She possesses a voice of stark, spectral beauty that recalls Shirley Collins and Sandy Denny. " Dafydd Goff THE GUARDIAN
“Frankly, whatever musical path she chooses to tread will be magnificent. She’s just that good.” KLOF MAGAZINE
"A songwriter of true compassion and insight" FATEA