Edgelarks

In 2008, Henry travelled to Calcutta to study under the slide guitarist Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya. When Henry returned, he joined the band The Roots Union, with Martin, which spent three years on the road. The band came to an end in 2010, and Henry and Martin continued working together. They were "discovered" by Show of Hands frontman Steve Knightley{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldmusic.co.uk/philip_henry_hannah_martin_best_duo_award_spira|title=Philip Henry & Hannah Martin - Best Duo Award (Spiral Awards) - World Music|website=Worldmusic.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-24}} who first encountered the duo busking on the seafront during Devon's Sidmouth Folk Week.

The duo won "Best Folk Act" in the 2013 South West Music Awards, Best Duo title in the 2013 Spiral Earth Awards and Best Duo at the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/30slkTmT89Y4zS8TMxd5wdb/winners|title=BBC Radio 2 - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, 2014 - Winners|website=BBC|accessdate=2020-06-24}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/woodbury-s-phillip-henry-and-hannah-martin-win-bbc-radio-2-folk-award-1-3369590|title=Woodbury's Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin win BBC Radio 2 Folk Award|first=Paul|last=Strange|newspaper=Exmouth Journal|accessdate=2020-06-24}} They have subsequently been nominated a further two times at the BBC Folk Awards, in 2016 and 2018.

Henry and Martin work with Peter Knight's Gigspanner Trio and John Spiers to form the six piece Gigspanner Big Band. They are also members of the folk disco project, The Band of Love.

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Martin is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Devon. Writing on fiddle, viola, and banjo, and drawing on UK traditions, she has been commended by Mike Harding.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} 2012 saw Martin selected to be part of the National Theatre's War Horse School, working with John Tams, Nancy Kerr, John Kirkpatrick and Chris Parkinson. She was also involved in The Nursery Rhyme Project for the Bristol Old Vic, co-writing and performing in a show exploring one of our oldest oral traditions. She worked with Greg Russell, Nancy Kerr, Tim Yates, and Findlay Napier on the protest song project Shake The Chains.

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Henry is a slide guitarist and harmonica player from Lancashire. He has studied the music of the Deep South of America, of the British Isles, and India. Specializing in lap slides while his harmonica style combines country blues and folk styles with beat-boxing.

• Singing The Bones (2011){{Cite web |url=http://philliphenry.bandcamp.com/album/singing-the-bones |title=Band Camp |access-date=2015-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814214905/http://philliphenry.bandcamp.com/album/singing-the-bones |archive-date=2013-08-14 |url-status=dead }}
• Mynd (2013){{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/05/phillip-henry-hannah-martin-review|title=Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin: Mynd – review|first=Robin|last=Denselow|date=September 5, 2013|website=Theguardian.com|accessdate=2020-06-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2013/09/phillip-henry-and-hannah-martin-mynd/|title=StackPath|website=Folkradio.co.uk|date=10 September 2013 |accessdate=2020-06-24}}
• Live In Calstock (2014){{Cite web|url=http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2014/07/phillip-henry-hannah-martin-live-in-calstock/|title=StackPath|website=Folkradio.co.uk|date=15 July 2014 |accessdate=2020-06-24}}
• Watershed (2015){{Cite web|url=https://philliphenryhannahmartin.bandcamp.com/album/watershed|title=Watershed, by Edgelarks: Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin|website=Philliphenryhannahmartin.bandcamp.com|accessdate=2020-06-24}}
• Edgelarks (2017){{Cite web|url=https://philliphenryhannahmartin.bandcamp.com/album/edgelarks|title=Edgelarks, by Edgelarks: Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin|website=Philliphenryhannahmartin.bandcamp.com|accessdate=2020-06-24}}
• Folk Fever (2018) as The Band of Love
• Feather (2019) {{Cite web|url=https://philliphenryhannahmartin.bandcamp.com/album/feather|title=Feather, by Edgelarks: Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin|website=Philliphenryhannahmartin.bandcamp.com|accessdate=2020-06-24}}
• Henry Martin (2020)

• Best Duo 2013 Spiral Earth awards
• Best Folk Act 2013 South West Music Awards
• BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (2014){{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/feb/20/bbc-folk-awards-2014-colin-irwin|title=Folk is growing up but it still has a lot to learn|first=Colin|last=Irwin|date=February 20, 2014|website=Theguardian.com|accessdate=2020-06-24}}

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Category:English musical duos

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Category:English folk musical groups

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