Wainwright: An unplugged evening of original and traditional Northern English Folk with Johnny Campbell

About

Following on from the success of his 2024 album, True North, acclaimed Folk artist, Jonny Campbell embarked on a nineteen day tour like no other.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Britain's first long-distance path, The Pennine Way, he set his compass north, from Edale, Derbyshire trasversing the 'Backbone of England'

After concluding his tour, we welcome him to The Armitt for a special unplugged performance alongside the Wainwright exhibition.

This event is in support of the Alfred Wainwright exhibition hosted by The Armitt, co-curated by Chris Butterfield

About the singer

Johnny Campbell emerged onto the UK folk scene writing self-penned material and delving deep into Northern English folk song and story. The album From Hull & Halifax & Hell (2020) took him to The Faroe Islands where he recorded a live album on the island of Nolsoy. Since musical instruments hadn't arrived on the islands until the 19th century, this is perhaps the first time Northern English traditional song has been recorded on these islands. This album earned him album of the week with Blues and Roots radio.

2024 saw Campbell releasing True North, an album of Northern English traditional songs recorded on their respective county summits, garnering press from Country Walking Magazine, Folk on Foot & BBC Radio 4 Open Country. Richard Thompson declared True North as one of his albums of the year in 'My Year in Music' in UNCUT Magazine.