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Make Way for The Young’uns

With heart-on-the-sleeve storytelling, beautiful lyrics, warm harmonies and witty repartee, The Young’uns write and perform folk songs that tell it how it is, alongside traditional songs from their native North-East and further afield.

Nearly twenty years after accidentally stumbling into the alien world of their local folk club as drunken teenagers, (and gaining their name in the process) these three thirtysomething friends from Stockton and Hartlepool have never lost the joy of that first night of singing together.

Renowned for their pitch perfect harmonies and rapid fire humour, their live show undeniably has the human touch. Honed by live performance, national radio sessions and numerous festival appearances (from Cambridge to Glastonbury), The Young’uns are a gregarious, pull-no-punches act that clinched Best Group at both the 2016 and 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and Best Album in 2018.

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Singing mostly unaccompanied, they perform traditional shanties, contemporary songs and original works, including ‘You Won’t Find Me on Benefits Street’ (alluding to Stockton’s reaction to a Benefits Street television crew) and ‘The Battle of Stockton’ (on a 1933 clash with Oswald Mosley’s blackshirts).

Beguiling audiences around the world, they seamlessly switch from beautiful ballads to brilliant banter, from profoundly poignant songs to infectiously irreverent humour. This, combined with their passion for storytelling and commitment to maintaining the tradition of social commentary, has led to five star reviews, live sessions on BBC Radio 2 and 3 and documentaries on Radio 4.

2022 sees The Young’uns launch their Tiny Notes project. Each date of their April tour will feature a live recording of audience choruses for their forthcoming album, with the band urging everyone to discover the joy of singing together.

The Young’uns are at The Apex on Monday 18th April 2022.

Link to listings at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds


 

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