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“Throughout the performance you could have heard a pin drop; recognition of the spell her voice cast over the audience”. Judge at the Wath Folk Festival
'hauntingly impressive' Paul Abraham of Leeds music promotions
“Throughout the performance you could have heard a pin drop; recognition of the spell her voice cast over the audience”. Judge at the Wath Folk Festival
Heather Woodhead is a singer & guitarist from Leeds. She sings mainly traditional folk songs, both with guitar and unaccompanied, on her own or as a duet with Alison Battye (flautist). Her singing has been described as ‘pure and hypnotic’ by Acoustic Rotherham and “hauntingly impressive” by Paul Abraham of Leeds music promotions.
David Kidman, reviewer for Folk Roundabout says:
In May 2012 Heather won the silver roots trophy at Wath Folk Festival. One of the judges said “Throughout the performance you could have heard a pin drop; recognition of the spell her voice cast over the audience”.
She has released 2 CDs. ‘Birds’ in 2009 and ‘TWO’ in 2012
Folk performances in the last couple of years have included the Aubergine café in New York, Bistro Mokka in Crossgates (Now Zorba’s), St Mary’s Gomersal, The Itinerant waiters club near Hyde Park, Kirkstall calling at St Stephens Kirkstall, & FRACCA in Chapel Allerton.
Heather sings alto with The Heritage Masterworks Chorale, and has sung with them in New York, Paris, Belgium and Venice. She also sings in the Heritage Singers. Recently she has also started to sing with the RSCM Northern Cathedral Singers.
She has been spending quite a lot of her time in the last couple of years, setting first world war poems,(written by female poets, from the woman’s point of view) to music. This is part of a concert along with letters written by soldiers, to and from their loved ones during World War 1. The full recital (with amendments depending on the time available) has being given around West Yorkshire & taken to Brussels in the 18 months leading up to the 100th anniversary of the end of the 1st world war.
Alison has joined in most the concerts, enhancing them greatly with her beautiful flute playing and providing a contrasting voice in some of the letters to or from the front.
More music by Heather & Alison can be heard on
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/heatherwoodhead
Reverbnation at www.reverbnation.com/heatherwoodhead
NumberOneMusic http://www.numberonemusic.com/heatherwoodhead
Sound cloud https://soundcloud.com/heatherwoodhead
Heather sings most Fridays at the Grove folk club in Leeds, or canbe contacted by email
