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Ninepenny Marl....

Formed in the 70's this Coventry based group is proving that traditional music is not dead, Ninepenny Marl has been encouraged to throw caution and Arran sweaters to the wind. The foursome has emerged from their solo careers to reincarnate the solid sound of vocal harmony through some well-loved songs and some more unusual arrangements. The four-part group, working mainly in unaccompanied traditional harmony, concentrates on songs of the British Isles and sometimes from further afield. The group consists of Des Patalong, fine singer in many local folk clubs and former dancer with Plum Jerkum Border Morris, Gareth and Barbara Wyatt, longstanding traditional singers and collectors of folklore, and Linda Dickson, traditional singer of more than thirty years and former member of "Out of Hand". The name "Ninepenny Marl" is the Warwickshire equivalent of the name for the game of Nine Man's Morris, played by shepherds using stones.

Ninepenny Marl have web site at http://uk.geocities.com/ninepennymarl/