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Individually, and in combination with
a variety of well-known singers and bands, Lynne Heraud
and Pat Turner have both served long apprenticeships on the shop-floor
of folk music.
Lynne sang in a duo with Sue Ashby;
performed with John Lambert and Frank Lee as Tom, Dick and Harriet; and
has made a CD, 'Stars in My Crown' with Keith Kendrick. She was,
for many years, the organiser and MC for the
Hoddesdon Folk Club.
Pat toured for six years with the
folk band Filigree, making an album and also releasing a single! She
was co-founder and MC of the City Folk Club in London.
Together they later joined Pete
Cunningham (ex-English Tapestry and Heritage) to form Brandis, making
several radio appearances. They finally settled into a permanent duo
and made their first CD, 'Parallel', in 2003, and have since made five
more on the Wildgoose label.
Between them they play guitar,
recorder, English concertina and a variety of whistles (including swanee, policeman's and referee's), list a spoons
workshop in their hall of fame, and are not in the least averse to
dressing up or dancing when a song requires it. They both agree,
however, that their voices are their most important instruments. Their
resulting style is a unique blend of stunning song and harmony, and a humour which takes their audience on a
roller-coaster ride - "everything from high tragedy to ingenious
smut in glorious vocal harmony!"
In addition to appearing at folk clubs and festivals, Lynne and Pat
also organise and perform themed shows and workshops, music hall evenings (awash with
sauce and innuendo), and a special show called 'A Birds' Eye View',
which presents songs particularly from a woman's perspective (but which
men are invited to attend as well — and learn from!) Audiences need to
be robust as their humour has been known to
cause side-splitting injuries. They both, however, include emergency
first aid amongst their many qualifications.
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