Billy Bragg-approved duo set to shine at Hartlepool Folk Festival

A duo who received a personal invitation from Billy Bragg to play Glastonbury are set to go down a storm at Hartlepool Folk Festival later this month.
O'Hooley & Tidow.O'Hooley & Tidow.
O'Hooley & Tidow.

With sessions on BBC 6Music and Radio 2 under their belt, as well as reviews which have compared their harmonies to early Simon and Garfunkel, O’Hooley & Tidow will be performing tracks from their latest album, Shadows.

Released this summer, the record was a follow-up to The Hum, which earned them a place in Mojo’s Top 10 Folk Albums of 2014 and a nomination for Best Duo in last year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

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The Yorkshire-based folk duo - made up of singer-songwriter Heidi Tidow and pianist Belinda O’Hooley - are set to be one of the highlights of this year’s festival.

The inaugural Hartlepool Folk Festival was held around the Headland last October and proved a huge success.

This year’s event, which has received another generous grant from Arts Council England, will take place against the backdrop of Hartlepool’s Historic Quay in a new partnership with the National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool.

O’Hooley & Tidow will perform on October 23, but there will be host of activities across the weekend, including craft activities, maritime re-enactors and family workshops.

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Mainstage concerts, featuring some of the top names in folk including Andy Irvine and Nancy Kerr, will take place at the Town Hall Theatre, in Raby Road, from October 21-23.

For tickets, priced from £8 for an individual act, and further information, visit www.hartlepoolfolkfest.co.uk or call (01429) 299330.