DryWood Folk Duo

Phil Underwood is an internationally recognised multi instrumentalist who has been playing folk music for over fifty years. He is an actor/musician, singer songwriter, director and playwright with a passion for all genres of folk and roots music on melodeon, concertina, fiddle, guitar, banjo and percussion. He has formed and played in many bands, including The Creole Brothers, KARA (with Daria Kulesh and Pete Morton), The Fishwives Choir and The Pitmatics. He trained for the stage with the National Theatre’s War Horse production and toured his own stage show Canals of Old England. Career highlights include a appearances playing melodeon with Bill Bailey at Wembley Arena, The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, Glastonbury Rock Music Festival, BBC Breakfast TV and BBC TV Songs of Praise. Denise Dryburgh started singing as a teenager in a successful all girl group DeLorelei and subsequently made her name on the folk circuit as a fine and powerful folk singer and session leader. She toured folks clubs and festivals between 2009-2014 as part of a harmony trio The Morning After. Since early 2018 she has been the percussionist in The Pitmatics and now also sings and plays guitar and percussion with Phil in their duo DryWood.