Brian Willoughby & Cathryn Craig
Presented by: Music at St Greg's| 0 | STURMINSTER NEWTON: St. Gregory's Parish Church (info) |
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| P | Saturday 18th October, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 6:30pm Start time: 7:00pm |
| . | All ages |
| C | Music - Folk/blues/world |
Event information
Cathryn Craig has sung with Chet Atkins, Shel Silverstein, The Righteous Brothers and Jorma Kaukonen. Her great-grandfather Jacob Sowder was recorded by Cecil Sharp and featured in his book English Folk Songs From The Southern Appalachians.
Brian Willoughby is best known for his virtuoso performances on electric and acoustic guitar with progressive folk/rock band Strawbs and also with Mary Hopkin, Joe Brown, Roger Whittaker, Bridget St. John, Jim Diamond and Monty Python. Both Cathryn and Brian have accompanied and recorded with Nanci Griffith.
Brian re-joined Strawbs for their 50th. Anniversary concerts in the USA and Cathryn sang with the band. In August 2023, the duo performed as members of Strawbs, for the band's Cropredy Festival appearance. Their ‘Alice’s Song’ was an Aled Jones Highlight of the Year on BBC Radio 2 and Strawbs’ recording of the song, was used by The National Autistic Society, as its theme tune for Autism Awareness.
Cathryn was Simon Mayo's star guest on BBC Radio 2Day, live from Nashville and the Telegraph’s Martin Chilton named the duo as his Folk Gig Pick of the year.
