Suntrap - Unravelling

Top notch songwriting and rich harmonies are the hallmarks of this excellent band making its debut on a major folk label.Suntrap is Sara Byers (voice, accordion, guitar, whistles, bodhran), Paul Hoad (voice, guitar, harmonica) and Mary Wilson (voice, violin). Together they perform a mesmerizing array of music including their own material and the best of the traditional and contemporary folk repertoire. Songwriters Sara and Paul create original, innovative works drawing on English song tradition and American Folk & Country. Suntrap was born when Sara and Mary met in 1996. They decided very quickly to combine their vocal talents and invited Paul, a colleague from one of Sara's former bands, to back them up on guitar. This original three piece line-up played their first gig together at Ware Folk Club in February 1997. Their debut album was released in 1999. In 2007 the group was joined by fiddler Debbie Chalmers, thus completing the current line-up and Suntrap acquired a fuller, richer sound with double fiddle parts, additional vocal parts and the occasional piano part. Suntrap has played all over the UK and Europe at major folk festivals, folk clubs and arts centres and has been privileged to open Cambridge Folk Festival, Skagen Folk Festival and Warwick Folk Festival. Radio features have included the Mike Harding Show and a live performance on Radio 4's Loose Ends.Three albums have been self-released and this one marks the group's first album on a major folk label.