Coope, Boyes & Simpson
biography"Their voices weave through and bounce off each other with a powerful elegance" BBC RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS 2011 Nominees for Best Group & Best Album The radical sound of English acappella roots. Traditional songs reworked so they shine and strong, original songs with memorable tunes, soaring harmonies and words that strike a chord. Since their first appearance in 1993, Coope Boyes & Simpson`s powerful and distinctive unaccompanied singing and songwriting have taken English roots into radical new directions. Described as "quite simply the best purveyors of acappella song on these Islands", their first CD, Funny Old World, was the rock magazine Q`s Roots Album of the Year. Subsequent releases have led to numerous awards and outstanding reviews - the BBC Folk Website simply listed all their albums as recommended listening. Tours have already taken the trio throughout Britain, to the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, France and America. "Their voices weave through and bounce off each other with a powerful elegance," wrote an American reviewer, "it`s nice to know that, even with the numbing array of technology available, the human voice is still one of the most expressive instruments around." What the trio does seems simple at first glance: just three blokes who stand and sing in three-part harmony. Their songs, mostly written by Jim Boyes and Lester Simpson, deal with social and environmental issues and the words are clever and sharp. The harmonies are in the folk-country tradition, but with a twist that mirrors the barbed lyrics, a wide pitch range and In Coope Boyes and Simpson's repertoire there is a hinterland of music and culture that makes their work more multi-dimensional than that of the other acts on the bill. Polemical reports of injustice and inequality are woven into tales of everyday lives, told in plain words and distinctive tunes." "As passionate a tour de force of unaccompanied singing as you can imagine." - Mojo "If there were such a thing as postmodern folk music, this might be it." - The Guardian "Quite simply the best purveyors of acappella song on these Islands." - Rockn'Reel "Impassioned acappella" - The Daily Telegraph "Tunes sung with natural, unfettered energy - isn't it fabulous." - Classic FM
LATEST NEWS: Coope Boyes & Simpson Rough Guide to English Folk Music World Music Network plan to release a Rough Guide to English Folk Music next month. It's a double CD - volume 1 is a "Various Artists" and volume 2 is a unique CB&S compilation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/radio/2011/wk20/thu.shtml
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forthcoming dates
| date | venue/website link | venue phone no | |
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| Tues 27 Mar '12 | BRACEBOROUGH nr Stamford, Village Hall, Main St PE9 4NT | 01778 560417 | |
| Wed 28 Mar '12 | BURTON ON THE WOLDS Village Hall, Loughborough Rd, LE12 5AF | 01509 880473 | |
| Thu 29 Mar '12 | CHILWELL Arts Theatre, Chilwell School, Queens Rd West NG9 5AL | ||
| Fri 30 Mar '12 | DARLINGTON Arts Centre, Vane Terrace DL3 7AX | 01325 486555 | |
| Sat 31 Mar '12 | LICHFIELD Arts Centre, The Guildhall, Bore St, WS13 6LU | 01543 262223 | |
| Wed 4 Apr '12 | RUNCORN The Brindley, High St WA7 1BG | 0151 9078360 | |
| Sat 7 July '12 | CLECKHEATON Folk Festival, Town Hall, Bradford Rd BD19 3RH | 01274 879761 |