Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar

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| name = Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar

| image = Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar (26735554542).jpg

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| instrument = vocals, guitar, fiddle, bouzouki

| genre = Folk

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| years_active = {{start date|2011}}–present

| website = {{URL|russellalgar.co.uk/}}

| current_members = *Greg Russell

• Ciaran Algar

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Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar are a British folk music duo. Algar is a multi-instrumentalist who plays fiddle, guitar, banjo, and percussion. They won the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p014h5x3 |title=Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar collect the Young Folk Award |publisher=BBC Radio 2 website |date=31 January 2013 |accessdate=2016-03-19}} and in 2014 won the Horizon award in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/30slkTmT89Y4zS8TMxd5wdb/winners |title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014 - Winners |publisher=BBC Radio 2 website |date=19 February 2014 |accessdate=2016-03-19}}{{cite web|url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Tunstall-musician-Ciaran-Algar-lands-BBC-Radio-2/story-18116589-detail/story.html |title=Tunstall musician Ciaran Algar lands BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards crown |publisher=The Stoke Sentinel (newspaper) |date=13 February 2013 |accessdate=2016-03-19}} They were nominated for the Best Duo award in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/Rdcvm12ST6lY2vctrhK8k5/folk-awards-2015-the-winners |title=BBC Folk Awards 2015 |publisher=BBC Radio 2 website |date=22 April 2015 |accessdate=2016-03-19}}

As well as working as the duo, Russell and Algar have been involved in other projects. Russell put together Shake the Chains, a project which brought together musicians including Nancy Kerr, Martin Simpson and Peggy Seeger to write and sing songs of togetherness, protest and community.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/01/shake-the-chains-folk-review-veteran-peggy-seeger-hannah-martin-nancy-kerr |title=

Shake the Chains review – veteran Peggy Seeger nails the art of protest |publisher=The Guardian |date=2017-03-01 |accessdate=2018-04-27| first=Robin |last=Denselow|authorlink=Robin Denselow}} Russell was also involved in a revival of Peter Bellamy's folk ballad opera The Transports.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/27/transports-review-sage-gateshead-botany-bay-convicts-peter-bellamy-ballad-opera-younguns-nancy-kerr-faustus |title=

The Transports review – extraordinary richness of Botany Bay convicts' stories |publisher=The Guardian |date=2017-01-27 |accessdate=2018-04-27| first=Alfred |last=Hickling}} Algar is also a member of Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys. Russell joined The Band of Love, who released their debut album Folk Fever in 2018.