“Your writing is magnificent, your settings and playing equal to that and the both of you sing with rare assured passion that I oft think has gone.
“It's a rare gift you have - cherish it mightily.”
John Tams
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Lincolnshire based
musicians Dave Wilson and Kip Winter joined forces in 1995 and have steadily
built a reputation across the UK for solid and engaging live performances,
performing mostly original songs along with the odd well chosen cover.
Lincolnshire has a knack for producing fine
singer-songwriters and Winter Wilson are very much in that mould.
Dave’s songs have a broad appeal whilst often relating
to the sights and sounds of everyday local life and are now heard in many folk
clubs throughout the country. Described by John Tams as “ A magnificent song
writer” and folk legend Vin Garbutt has covered Dave’s “Storm Around
Tumbledown” on his CD “Persona Grata”. Powerful lyrics combine with
superb harmonies to produce songs to remember.
Kip’s voice is one of the best in the business,
coupling power and emotion. She’s sung everything from Jazz to Opera, but is
at her best when singing folk and blues.
Great songs, great performance, and an off beat sense of
humour give Winter Wilson a style that’s very much their own.
With four albums of finely crafted songs to their credit,
by the skin of our teeth (1996), Matter of Time (2001), I hear voices
sing (2004) and their latest CD “These are the things” released to
critical acclaim in January 07 they continue to gain new fans and respect from
their peers.
This all began very much as a pastime,
something to do to get you out of the daily routine, every body needs some escape
and this is our drug. It still is very much that, if we relied on music for a
living, we'd be homeless and anorexic. We are very lucky that others enjoy our
music and it's grown from there. It's a lovely thing to see others getting a kick
out of what we do as much as we do ourselves. We have been privileged to play
in some great venue's in front of some fantastic audiences and with some wonderful
musicians (you know who you are), we've made a lot of friends and with luck will
make many more, but there really is nothing to beat a few people sitting around
swapping songs, tunes and stories; and singing for the love of it and nothing
else.
Long may it continue. Dave &
Kip
