Helen Turner and Sharon Winfield have been performing together since 2006.  After discovering a shared love of folk and acoustic music, they formed a duo 'over coffee' and soon realised their voices were meant to be together.  Both have a history of solo and band incarnations and bring distinctive songwriting styles to Union Jill.  Sharon and Helen achieve some spellbinding effects with their voices and instruments and have developed their own approach to the folk/acoustic genre.
 
Playing across the North of England (under their previous name TWO) they quickly gained a reputation for quality performances and well-crafted songs.  Their onstage presence is natural, funny and personable and, whilst their material touches on the darker side of life at times, they enjoy using their music to tell stories – with banter you only get from two women sharing a stage. 
 
After working with York label Soup Records, they produced two albums ‘One’ and 'Two', showcasing Helen and Sharon’s flair for melody and harmonies.   Collaborations with Ric Sanders (Fairport Convention) and Troy Donockley (Bad Shepherds, Iona, Barbara Dickson) are featured on the second album.  A third album is on the way!  
 
Having appeared at York Folk Festival, Wychwood Festival, Beverley Folk Festival, Wold Top Festival, Greenbelt Festival and Stockton Riverside Festival as well as supporting some of their favourite musicians (Fairport Convention, Oysterband, Karine Polwart, Eliza Carthy, Martin Simpson to name a few) Union Jill are now establishing themselves as a long-standing and growing presence in the acoustic/folk world.
  
   
Bob Fischer of BBC Radio Cleveland said of the duo: ‘It’s always nice when you find a stunningly good act…making lovely harmony, drenched in acoustic pop reminiscent of the Indigo Girls.”

Broken Marionettes is an alternative-folk duo formed in 2010 by Hedley Jackson and James Coburn.

Every song was recorded in either a bedroom or a living-room using 1 or 2 microphones, a few guitars, a lot coffee, and a pocketful of dreams.

Influenced and inspired by: 

Bon Iver, Fionn Regan, Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, James Blake, The Tallest Man On Earth, Sigur Rós, Nirvana, Fleet Foxes, Daughter, Laura Marling, The National, Willy Mason, Wilco, The Beatles, Kings Of Leon, The Sand Band, S. Carey, Radiohead, The Band, Athlete, Bright Eyes, Elbow, Burial, RHCP, The Cardinals, John Frusciante, Bombay Bicycle Club, M. Ward, Monsters Of Folk, Foo Fighters, Thom Yorke, Belle & Sebastian, Elliot Smith, Nick Drake, Arcade Fire, Peter Wolf Crier, Lia Ices, The Cave Singers, Sharon Van Etten, Willy Mason, I Am Oak

Discography:

Slow Motion - Single - 2012
Of The Autumn - EP - 2012
Smoke Rings - Single - 2012
Untruth - EP - 2011
The Hours - Single - 2011
Close - Single - 2010
Unbelief - EP - 2010

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Paul Emery has new music coming in late 2023

Traveller //  Maverick Musician //  Music Journalist

Conventional songs about unconventional subjects. Death, monkeys and space hardware may all feature.

Tin Rocket works with music artists providing them with strategic business acumen as well as creative support. With years of experience and firsthand knowledge of the music industry as a whole, we understand that putting all your efforts into creating music is only half the battle, and that having extra help can often be a crucial part of getting ahead in the music industry. And that is where Tin Rocket is here to help.

Tin Rocket has extensive knowledge of music PR and marketing, artist management and working within the Arts and Music sector. We have worked with some of the most influential names and organisations within music including artists such as Glasvegas, The Charlatans, Usher, Dizee Rascal, Mystery Jets and The Low Anthem.  Tin Rocket has also been involved in the curation of Molten Festival (with the Watersons and The Imagined Village), LIFT, Truck Festival (Stornoway, Esben and the Witch, Darwin Deez etc), Wood Festival (including Willy Mason, The Unthanks etc) and Mfest (Scouting for Girls, The Crookes, Texas etc)

John Watterson sings the wonderful songs of Jake Thackray

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