Craven with La'l Tethera @ Hyde Park Book Club

Craven is an English and Welsh cinematic folk trio based in the South West. Their music toes the line between symphonic weight and ethereal delicacy. From yearning and bitterness to white hot rage, Craven explore themes of queerness, transness, solidarity, and anti-war sentiment through traditional ballads.

Their debut album, "The Fruits of Idleness, Disgrace, and Death" - set to release November 6th - showcases a sensitive approach focusing on storytelling and word-painting. They bring in sounds and techniques from chamber music, electronic dance music and punk, while staying rooted in the traditions of the material.

The music seeks out new light to shed on traditional songs, underlining the narrative and emotional tensions in each. Singles "Willie of Winsbury" and "Crow on the Cradle" exemplify this, with the chamber strings of "Willie" highlighting the poignance of the story, contrasted with the grit of "Crow", its pulsing rhythms responding to the building tension in the song.

La'l Tethera, based in the rainy Lakeland Fells, comprise Georgie Rix, Ada Wood and Leo Rix (viola, fiddle and accordion). They combine broad, textural arrangements with close vocal harmony, to create a tight and intentional sound, full of
groove, grit and lilt. They bring a deep-rooted knowledge of English folk to a globally inspired repertoire.
Blowing you away with their unmistakable sound yet making you feel like you’re around the kitchen table
with them all at the same time.

Having independently learnt their craft in pubs and community projects, La’l Tethera developed their
collective sound busking, before earning local acclaim playing festivals and events. They have since taken
the opportunity to learn from respected teachers including, Jo Freya, Bryony Griffith, Carolyn Francis and
Marie Fielding. Both Georgie and Ada currently study degrees in traditional music, at Leeds Conservatoire
and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland respectively.

Their creativity and skill have earned them places on national and international projects, enabling the three
to place their distinctive sound within a contemporary social context. Their close-knit friendship shines
through their playing accentuating repertoire which both remembers the past and looks to the future.