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The Unthanks

October 2022

  • Becky and Rachel Unthank standing on a coastal path

    The Unthanks: Sorrows Away review – from ponderous to airborne

    After assorted diversions, the sibling duo and co release a straight-up album of traditional songs and self-written work

February 2019

  • Rachel and Becky Unthank.

    The Unthanks: Lines review – national treasures sing Emily Brontë and Maxine Peake

  • Rachel Unthank

    On my radar
    On my radar: Rachel Unthank’s cultural highlights

June 2018

  • Richard Thompson

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend playlist: songs about kings

    A regal list this week includes songs from Richard Thompson, Gilbert and Sullivan, Boy George and the Proclaimers

November 2017

  • Celebrates women who won’t be silenced … Katherine Pearce as Yvonne in The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca.

    The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca review – Maxine Peake salutes Hull's wonder women

    Peake reels us in with this winning story about the women who fought for fishermen’s rights, featuring folksy music by the Unthanks

May 2017

  • Tough and tender … the Unthanks.

    The Unthanks: Diversions Vol 4: Songs and Poems of Molly Drake review – subtly heartbreaking

  • Molly Drake

    Rachel Unthank: how I fell in love with the defiant songs of Nick Drake's mother Molly

    She fled Burma and made it to Delhi on foot – where she discovered her voice. The singer of the Unthanks explains why the band fell for her spellbinding songs about heartbreak, loss, fragility and fear
  • ‘Poignant sibling harmonies’: Becky and Rachel Unthank of the Unthanks

    The Unthanks: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake review – a natural fit

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November 2015

  • The Velvet Underground And Nico

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend: songs sung with accents - results

  • Slade 1971

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend: songs sung with accents

October 2015

  • ewan maccoll peggy seeger

    Various Artists: Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl review – an engrossing portrait

    This centenary collection of Ewan MacColl covers serves brilliantly to show off his songwriting skills

September 2015

  • Comedian and actor Amy Schumer

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Original Observer photography: August 2015

    There is an outdoor feel to this month’s gallery: John Grant in Iceland, the Unthanks in Northumberland, Yanis Varoufakis on the island of Aegina. All this and Amy Schumer too in our monthly showcase of photography commissioned by the Observer

August 2015

  • Rachel and Becky Unthank in Corbridge

    The place that inspires me: artists on their creative hotspots

    The roots of home, a wild escape… most creative types have a place that unlocks their imagination. We asked writers, musicians and artists to tell us about theirs

June 2015

  • Bohemian rapsody (geddit): Kanye does Glastonbury

    Glastonbury 2015 verdict: Florence + the Machine, Kanye West, the Who and more

    Florence Welch pulled out all the stops, while Kanye’s set was faltering and relatively restrained. But everyone was talking about the rapper – even Sunday’s closing act the Who, says Alexis Petridis

March 2015

  • Folk duo the Unthanks at the Roundhouse in London

    The Unthanks review – cool and triumphant art folk

    The folk duo let their roots show in a diverse set, complete with clog dancing

February 2015

  • 140x84 trailpic for Why the Unthanks is the one album you should hear

    What you should hear this week
    Why the Unthanks' Mount the Air is the one album you should hear this week – video

    Alexis Petridis recommends the Unthanks' new album, Mount the Air, which he says is ambitious and rooted in folk traditions

  • Father John Misty's Joshua Tillman, in London in December 2014

    Listen up
    Five albums to try this week: Father John Misty, Nikki Lane and more

    Hear new albums, from The Unthanks’ folk to The Dø’s electropop and let us know what you’ll be listening to this week

  • unthanks mount air review

    The Unthanks: Mount the Air review – more voices please

    The Tyneside folk stars’ latest album fails to play to their strengths

November 2014

  • radar amanda abbington

    On my radar
    On my radar: Amanda Abbington’s cultural highlights

    The actress talks to Kathryn Bromwich about the old-world folk of the Unthanks, dreamy dresses and watching her partner play Richard III

December 2012

  • The Staves on stage at the Other Voices music festival

    On the talent trail at Other Voices 2012

    From the Staves to the Strypes, this year's festival on the west coast of Ireland featured an impressive array of young artists

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