Emma Sweeney, Jack Rutter

Emma Sweeney is a fiddle player from Manchester, born to Irish parents. Two years ago she released her debut solo album, Pangea, which was met with critical acclaim. On the back of the album, Emma was nominated for two Songlines music awards, and more recently she received an Emerging Excellence Award from Help Musicians UK, which enabled her to take up a position to study carnatic music at The Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts in India at the start of this year. She is currently working on her second album. Jack Rutter is a well-respected guitarist and multi-instrumentalist working within the English tradition. Self-taught, he is known for his for his highly rhythmic tune backing, flatpicking and fingerstyle playing. In addition to his contribution to Moore Moss Rutter, Jack plays in the Seth Lakeman Band, and he is in high demand as a session guitarist for numerous other artists and outfits in the British folk scene and further afield. Jack has just graduated with a degree in Countryside Management from Newcastle University. He plays a custom guitar built by Alister Atkin.