About Trio Threlfall
Jane and Amanda Threlfall possess a rare talent. They breathe new life into traditional songs, making you feel that this was how they were always meant to be. They're supported by the trio's third member, musician Roger Edwards, who does sensitive song accompaniment or positive English music with equal relish.
A little water has now flowed under the bridge since Amanda first joined her sister singing English traditional songs. Jane was already an established performer in her own right, having previously sung solo and then later with guitarist Carl Hogsden. During that collaboration, Jane and Carl became involved in the classic Folkworks tour 'Wassail', fronted by John Kirkpatrick.
With the sisters now singing together, and following an invitation to perform at a small local festival, Jane and Amanda approached Roger Edwards to be their accompanist and it was this trio that first presented the Threlfall sisters as a new musical entity, focussing solely on traditional English.
They were soon augmented by a fourth member, Martin Ellison, and within three years of Jane and Amanda having joined forces, their first album, Morning Tempest (2000), was released, followed two years later by Gown of Green. Both albums were very well received by the traditional music establishment, reinforcing their reputation as respected performers who demonstrate enormous integrity in their approach to, and presentation of, English traditional songs.
The line-up reverted to the original trio in early 2005, when the working appellation of Trio Threlfall was adopted. This has now become synonymous with the trademark quality of the Threlfalls' intuitive interpretations of English traditional material.
When Morning Tempest and Gown of Green sales were exhausted, it regrettably triggered the deletion of both albums. However, persistent requests for replacement recordings of the earlier repertoire made their third album, Revisited (2007), virtually inevitable. Sweet Nightingale is the Threlfall's most recent album.