What do you love about your lives, Rachel and Becky Unthanks?

Fionn interviews Rachel and Becky Unthanks, singers who specialize in the folk music of Northern England. The y have won Mojo Folk Album of the Year, were nominated for the Mercury Music Price and were the only British folk artists to be names on both The Guardian and Uncut's best albums of the decade. And lots of other awards. Famous fans include Martin Freeman, members of Radiohead and Portishead, Nick Hornby, Elvis Costello, Ewan McGregor, Ryan Adams, Paul Morley, Ben Folds, Rosanne Cash, Robert Wyatt, Martin Hayes, and us. Recorded in the graveyard of a cathedral at night (where better?) after the Kilkenny Arts Festival Finale Concert, August 2016. FIONNATHAN PRODUCTIONS is a project by a son and father team, Fionn and Jonathan, intending to change the world, and have a good time while doing it. If you'd like to keep in touch through Facebook, join us at https://www.facebook.com/Fionnathan If you want to follow us on Twitter, we tweet @fionnathan https://twitter.com/fionnathan Or check out our website http://fionnathan.com

Added 20 Apr 2026