Who are we:
Sally Ironmonger & Brian Carter have been writing, performing and bickering together for nearly 20 years. They have produced 4 studio albums of songs about shipyards, prostitutes, trips to the seaside, self-deprecating amusing songs and protest anthems.
What People Say:
“Sally Ironmonger and Brian Carter put on a brilliant show, firmly rooted in the folk music tradition, but including some hints of jazz and blues and other genres.
Mostly self-penned, their songs were moving and funny and quite catchy.
Most of all, they were fun and joyous entertainers”
(Richard Death, Stratford Sub Castle, February 2019)
Biog Sally
I am a singer-songwriter based in Medway, writing and performing with Brian Carter, my long suffering husband, guitarist, and musical director. Our aim is to entertain, with songs that make you laugh, or cry, or just think – and make a connection with listeners and audiences.
We tend to get categorised as folk musicians – I guess because what we do tends to be stripped down, unplugged, story based. Let’s not get into a debate about what folk music is, suffice to say that what we do is contemporary, with a nod to traditional themes. And we often sing stuff that people like to join in with.
Brian has worked as a professional and semi-professional musician all of his adult life. Over the years he has developed a style which fuses jazz, folk & latin to produce a unique mix of melody and bass rhythms. I only really found my wings since we met in the 1990s – although I always loved to sing, and strummed guitar to accompany myself, it was Brian who promised to ‘put my name up in chalk’.
Over the years we have written commissions for BBC documentaries and Broadstairs Folk Week, and have been supporting artists for Belshazzar’s Feast, Barbara Dickson, Jacqui McShee, Chris Wood & Jez Lowe.
Quirky & Unique
They are an absolute one off. They have a quirky and distinctive style, with Brian’s unusual and accomplished guitar technique the perfect accompaniment to Sally’s unique voice. They love what they do, and their aim is to entertain, with songs that make you laugh, or cry, or just think.