Jan and Paul first began singing together when they were students, with Jan on guitar and vocals, and Paul playing harmonica and vocals. The couple have held various residencies in folk clubs over the years including Aberdeen, Lancaster, Nottingham, and currently in Grimsby.

The Covid lockdown allowed them to reach a far wider national and international audience as they took full advantage of the zoom folk sessions in the UK, US, Israel and beyond. During the last two years they have been invited to play numerous extended sets on UK and worldwide open mic and folk zoom clubs around the world.

The easing of the Covid restrictions has meant that the couple have been able to start doing gigs again; and they have been offered the headline spot for a festival in Israel later in the year, and the opportunity to play some gigs in the US as well!

“Your performance was excellent! The songs were very well performed and everyone enjoyed them!” (Pete Thompson, Chair, Northwich Folk Club)

‘Lincs to Land and Sea’

Jan and Paul were scheduled to produce their latest recording back in 2020 but, along came Covid. They are now in the final stages of completing a very different CD to the one originally planned. During the lockdowns the pair decided to work on a collection of traditional and self-penned songs, and tunes put to the poems of Henry Winn. All the tracks follow a theme – they are all be about people, events and the beauty of the UK county of Lincolnshire. The resulting album has now been released and is entitled ‘Lincs to Land and Sea‘, and is available to order (see below).

Henry Winn. Writer, historian, and poet. He wrote about everyday life in the Lincolnshire Wolds. He lived throughout his long life in the Lincolnshire village of Fulletby. He held numerous roles within the community including Parish Constable, Church Warden, teacher (co-founder of the village school and a free library), owner of the village grocery and drapery store and parish clerk (the Guiness Book of Records recognises Winn as the longest ever serving parish clerk, 86 years). These positions meant he was well placed to record differing social attitudes and the impact on society of the various changes on working families during those times.