If anyone tells you that the art of unaccompanied folk singing is dead then they haven't heard The Dollymops.
Based on the Isle of Wight, Virgil Philpott, Dorana Stone and Justin Smith have been singing together with increasing degrees of regularity since 2005 all in the traditional English harmony singing style. The group are inspired by the likes of the Copper Family and the Young Tradition.
The trio will soon be producing a CD of the rarely sung songs of Islander W H Long of the 1880's. |