Chris While has earned herself a reputation of being one of the finest singers to come out of these islands. She has toured tirelessly over the last 35 years originally as a soloist and in 1991 she rose to the attention of the folk roots world equipped with an arsenal of original songs and her stunning vocals.

In 1994 she started touring with The Albion Band as lead singer alongside Fairport Convention’s Simon Nicol and Ashley Hutchings.

Since then, she has been recording and touring with Julie Matthews and together they have accrued 13 studio albums and two live albums They have been nominated 10 times in the BBC Folk Awards, winning best duo in 2009.

She is now ready to do some solo work again, bringing once more to the stage her very personal songs, her warm personality and of course her heart stopping voice.

She will be joined by stunning guitarist Johnny Heyes who has worked with Chris and Julie on their last 3 albums.

Johnny is a revered teacher at the Royal Northern College of Music with an impressive pedigree which includes playing with legendary artists such as Mica Paris and Tito Jackson.

The tour comes to The Black Swan in York on May 11th.