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Chris While and Julie Matthews

We’re into 2018 now and the first big tour for Chris and Julie will be another visit to Australia during which they’ll take in festivals at Port Fairy, Canberra, Cobargo, Katoom ba and Yackandandah. Check out all the tour dates here.

The big news on this tour is that Chris and Julie are to receive the prestigious ‘Artists of the Year Award’ at the Port Fairy Folk Festival.

 The Best of Chris While and Julie Matthews Vol. 2 is now available in record stores and from this site as a download or CD.

And Chris and Julie’s last album of original songs is still available from record shops and on-line.11 tracks including Are We Human? and Pride which you can preview here. Also included are Here It Comes Again, Ordinary Day, The Skin I’m In and Slim to Nil, one of 3 tracks written by Chris and acclaimed songwriter Charlie Dore.

The album has received some great reviews including:-

‘Music from the heart’ “Excellent” -BBC Radio 2, “you’ll go a very long way to find better than this.”-HiFi News “Another fine album”-R2, “they’ve come up with another fine offering”-Maverick,“Their 10^th album is up to their usual high standard. Beautifully constructed songs with great playing & lovely harmonies”-Country Music People, “some of the finest folk music and female singing this country has to offer”-Get Ready to Rock, Ordinary Day is just beautiful”-musicriot.com, ‘Their vocal performances & harmonies are immaculate throughout‘-FATEA

BUY A CD COPY OF THE ALBUM OR DOWNLOAD mp3s HERE

http://www.whileandmatthews.co.uk/tour.php

Chris While and Julie Matthews in the Ballads of Child Migration

Check out this clip of Chris and Julie at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards with Jez Lowe, Boo Hewerdine, Barbara Dickson, John McCusker, John Doyle, Heidi Tidow, Belinda O’Hooley and the Queensbridge School Chamber Choir.