Gilmore & Roberts
Friday 18.45 -
Contemporary folk/acoustic duo Gilmore & Roberts combine award-
with astounding musicianship and their trademark harmonies to create a powerful wall of
sound. Nominated three times at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Katriona Gilmore (fiddle,
mandolin) and Jamie Roberts (guitar) met while studying at Leeds College of Music and
released their debut album in 2008.
Since then, the duo have toured Canada and mainland Europe, played some of the UK's
biggest acoustic festivals, toured with folk rock legends Fairport Convention and won
countless accolades for their genre-
2015 saw the release of their fourth album, 'Conflict Tourism', which appeared on several
end-
6music. Produced by Mark Tucker and featuring Matt Downer (Jamie Smith's Mabon), Phil
Henry (Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin) and James 'Hutch' Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt),
Conflict Tourism packs a considered punch from start to finish.
In 2016, the duo marked a decade of performing together with their first live album, released
ten years to the day since their first EP launch. Limited to one thousand hand-
copies and recorded on the duo’s 2016 spring tour, ‘In Our History -
exclusively at shows and from gilmoreroberts.co.uk/shop.
Katriona Gilmore grew up in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, learned violin at school and started
playing local folk clubs with her guitarist father at the age of 14. She joined folk pop
sensations Tiny Tin Lady in 2006, and in 2011 was invited to be part of a new lineup of The
Albion Band. Katriona has featured on many acclaimed albums as a session musician and has
appeared onstage with such diverse acts as The Troggs, Kim Richey and Matt Berry.
Jamie Roberts was brought up in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in a musical family -
Kathryn Roberts is a well-
traditionalists Kerfuffle in 2007 and more recently formed The Dovetail Trio with Rosie
Hood and Matt Quinn. Alongside his regular projects, he has performed with Nancy Kerr's
Sweet Visitor Band and Blackbeard's Tea Party amongst others.
'Hot property' -
'Gilmore & Roberts take English folk and scuff it up with indie rock drama' -
'Enthralling….consistently compelling' -
'Head and shoulders above their contemporaries' -