The Bailey Sisters are Shelley Rainey, Karen Dyson and Aly Rainey.  We decided to start singing together in 2009 after enjoying several singing weekends led by Abbie Lathe, Maddy Prior and Rose Kemp at Stonesbarn in Cumbria.

With the addition of Karen's guitar and Aly's fiddle, we offer a wide variety of traditional, self-penned and classical material ranging from 13th Century to present day.  We have become particularly well known for our acapella performances which feature strongly on our three studio albums.

The Bailey Sisters are regularly booked to perform live, either as support or headline across the UK.  We are most well known on the folk scene in the North West of England, but regularly perform further south too.

We look forward to singing somewhere near you very soon!  To book The Bailey Sisters, please go to our website for details, or visit our facebook page and send a message.

Much loved Yorkshire folk duo Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow have been propelled into newfound fame for penning the theme tune to Sally Wainwright’s hit BBC1/HBO drama ‘Gentleman Jack’, earning them global admiration, appearances on TV, Radio 4 Woman’s Hour and concerts that sell out months in advance.

Belinda and Heidi’s boundless songwriting has been described by The Guardian as ‘exceptional’ and The Independent as ‘defiant, robust, northern, poetical, political folk music for the times we live in.’ Their first full studio album in seven years; ‘Cloudheads’ delves into the mindscapes, passions and inner worlds of two highly individual autistic women; Belinda and Heidi. Moving, melodic, dramatic and tender, from stories of parenthood, the call of a song thrush, to a portrait of the last days of a touching relationship between their neighbour Matthew and his beloved Alsatian, Ted, and even a collaboration with Gentleman Jack herself, Suranne Jones on ‘The Ballad of Anne and Ann’, they explore, consider and connect subjects and stories in a distinctive, inventive and memorable way.

Having the originality and skill to invite comparison with the most celebrated harmony duos, 6 Music’s Tom Robinson says ‘They sing together in the way families do. Normally, you only get that closeness in the voices with family bands like The Coppers or The Watersons.’

‘I have just listened to your track, ‘Beryl’, with tears in my eyes! It’s beautiful and brilliant.’ Maxine Peake 

Nominated four times for BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards ‘Best Duo’.

* * * * * The Guardian  

‘Brave, beautiful and full of love.’ Martin Simpson

‘Insightful, determinedly left-field angles on the human experience.’ 
* * * * MOJO Folk Album of the Month

'Have Belinda and Heidi done it again? Certainly.’  
* * * * * R2  

'Dense, complex, beautifully performed.’ 
 * * * * Songlines

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