The almost telepathic vocal interplay and raw instrumentation of Northern folk-noir duo Rapunzel and Sedayne weave a spellbinding web of skewed, otherworldly trad-folk.

Rapunzel is a gifted singer, writer and instrumentalist. Sedayne is a singer of traditional song and a storyteller, who plays ancient and traditional instruments and is an exponent of the lost art of modal improvisation. They perform regularly at the Morpeth Gathering, the Fylde Festival, and singarounds and folk clubs throughout the north of England.

'Songs From The Barley Temple' features stripped down, raw instrumentation and almost telepathic vocal interplay. It was recorded live in the studio with only the merest hint of spectral leakage added after the event. Many of the songs ? including 'Handsome Molly', 'Silver Dagger' and 'Diver Bo'y - are from the Max Hunter Collection - an incredible archive of field recordings made by an American travelling salesman in the 1950s. Rapunzel and Sedayne provide five originals, including the beautiful lament 'Riverdance' and a setting of Bonnie Parker's poem, 'Outlaws'.

Although deeply steeped in the traditional music of the English speaking world and the revival sounds of Peter Bellamy, Shirley Collins and Mr Fox, the careful listener may identify a variety influences from Dr Strangely Strange to Joy Division to early music to Judee Sill.

"Unsettling in all its eerie otherness" (Sid Smith)
"Haunting" (Bright Young Folk)
"Slightly scary" (fRoots)