Windborne

Event information

Windborne, the acclaimed American vocal quartet, present Music for Midwinter in England for the first time. Drawing from their album To Warm the Winter Hearth, the programme includes wassails, solstice songs, English folk carols, American shape-note hymns, and global polyphony—music that celebrates resilience and community in the coldest season. Praised by The Guardian for “an arresting, exhilarating fusion of voices,” Windborne combine radiant harmonies with scholarship, passion, and a flair for storytelling. With humour, audience participation, and rare depth drawn from their commitment to justice and tradition, Windborne’s Music for Midwinter offers beauty, connection, and luminous voices to warm the winter hearth.US folk quartet Windborne is an internationally acclaimed group of vocal chameleons who specialise in close harmony singing, shifting effortlessly between drastically different styles of traditional music. Their music spans many continents and cultures, but they remain deeply rooted in American folk singing traditions.