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Folk on Foot

Edgelarks at Scorhill Stone Circle

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

Music Interviews, Performing Arts, Music, Nature, Arts, Science

4.8526 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

A Bronze Age site on Dartmoor, six musical instruments, a feather, harmonica-enhanced beatboxing, a stone that is said to increase fertility, a fast flowing river, a baby and a caring grandmother - all ingredients of a wonderful walk with the award-winning duo Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin).

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0:00.0

The great thing about Dartmoor is that it's a huge place,

0:04.5

and so although we've been here before on Folcom Fort,

0:07.3

we've never been to this part of Dartmoor,

0:09.3

and this is the north of the moor,

0:11.8

and I'm just standing on a little incline,

0:14.9

looking out over the most spectacular view,

0:18.1

and we're here to visit a Bronze Age

0:22.2

stone circle

0:23.6

which has mystical

0:26.5

qualities by all accounts

0:28.7

and which nestles in a

0:30.3

fold in the moor

0:31.8

and to meet two

0:33.4

amazingly talent and musicians

0:35.5

musicians

0:35.6

the amazingly talented musicians. Philip Henry and Hannah Martin, otherwise known as Edge Larks,

1:01.2

have created a unique brand of music fusing the English tradition

1:05.5

with American influences.

1:08.4

And Philip is a masterful guitar player. but they're both multi-instrumentalists

1:13.5

and they both sing and Hannah writes the lyrics for their songs. They were the best duo in

1:20.0

2014 at the Radio 2 Music Awards and they've made their home in this part of the world

1:26.0

and so it's a joy to be going on a walk with

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