Five strong women, five outstanding singing talents, five best friends.

Daphne’s Flight are an exceptional force in British music. Chris While, Helen Watson, Julie Matthews, Melanie Harrold and Miranda Sykes are among the UK’s most-loved and respected artists individually, but when they join forces on stage something magical happens.
Imagine, if you can, the instrumental sparkle and songwriting creds of The Traveling Wilburys combined with the striking vocal prowess of Sweet Honey In The Rock. Then add the warmth and down-to-earth humour of The Derry Girls and you’ll be somewhere in Daphne’s territory. They create a unique sound and energy which unites singer-songwriter, folk, blues and more.

To see five women-of-a certain-age singing and sharing their lives together is inspirational and empowering to women (and men!) of all ages and their sum equals much more than the individual parts – a status most ‘supergroups’ fail to reach. There is a transferable joy and energy between stage and audience, as these powerful women simply do what they do best.
Daphne’s Flight are survivors. Of the music industry, of relationships, of demons. Of life. They are stronger and wiser for those experiences and have made them into an entirely positive collective force.

Love Is The Weapon Of Choice is the group’s brand new album and first with new member Miranda Sykes. Ten songs with a women-centric theme are wrapped in the glorious Daphne’s Flight signature sound of breathtaking harmonies and intricate arrangements.

Daphne’s Flight first performed together 25 years ago at Cambridge Folk Festival, before recording an album and touring the following year in 1996. Now, after a 20-year sabbatical and a line-up change, the unfettered joy of music and what it does for both artist and audience in the moment is still their driving force. Considering their collective pedigree, it is hard to believe that few in the mainstream know them yet.

They perform at The Crescent in York on September 12th.