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Methera

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Methera is an English string quartet which plays traditional music and compositions by the members of the group.[1] They have collaborated with other folk musicians including Karen Tweed, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan.

In 2006, they recorded for the BBC Radio 3 feature England in Ribbons,[2] and they played on the soundtrack of the 2009 film Morris: A Life with Bells On. The quartet's eponymous debut album was released in 2008, and they released a live album entitled Methera In Concert in 2010.[3] Vortex followed in 2016.[3]

Group members

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Former members

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  • John Dipper played fiddle until 2019. He plays with other bands, most notably English Acoustic Collective with Chris Wood and Robert Harbron.

Recordings

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  • 2008 – Methera YAN001
  • 2010 – Methera in Concert, featuring the trio Kerr Fagan Harbron TAN002

References

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  1. ^ Keegan-Phipps, Simon (2009). "Folk for Art's Sake: English Folk Music in the Mainstream Milieu" (PDF). Radical Musicology. 4. ISSN 1751-7788. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  2. ^ "England in Ribbons". BBC. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Recordings". Methera. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ "About us". Methera. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. ^ iLiKETRAiNS – Progress • Reform at Discogs
  6. ^ iLiKETRAiNS – Elegies To Lessons Learnt at Discogs
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