The Wayward Daughter

Pioneering English traditional folk powerhouse, Eliza Carthy, first assembled the Wayward Band in 2013 in order to explore and celebrate her long and varied career in folk music; 'the last truly underground music scene'. To do this Eliza put together a team of hugely talented people from across the UK, and set out on the road to promote her 'Best Of' compilation, Wayward Daughter (Topic Records), which coincided with a biography of the same name. Since then the band has become a festival favourite, and Eliza has been awarded the MBE for services to folk music.

With the exception of Dale Watson and; perhaps a handful of others; fans of traditional Country music in the style of George, Hank, Lefty and the rest have been pretty short changed in recent years; but that’s all about to change with the arrival of this album. Gary Hunn’s voice is a warm baritone and his band’s playing; especially Phil Bakers’ exemplary pedal steel and Mark Wyer’s piano playing is straight outta Nashville via Bakersfield with a short stopover in Austin; which is amazing for a bunch of musicians from Queensland, Australia.

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