| Live and Unaccompanied | ||||
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| Released | 15 May 2020 | |||
| Recorded | April/May 2019 | |||
| Venue | Belfast, Bellaghy, Brighton, Dublin, Durham, London and Newcastle upon Tyne | |||
| Genre | Folk, a cappella | |||
| Label | Rabble Rouser Music | |||
| Producer | Adrian McNally | |||
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Live and Unaccompanied is an a cappella album by English folk group the Unthanks, recorded live at various venues in the UK and Ireland in April and May 2019 and released in March 2020. It consists of 13 songs, sung by Rachel and Becky Unthank and Niopha Keegan without the accompaniment of other members of the Unthanks band. The audio CD is also packaged in a "Special film edition" which includes a film on DVD, As We Go, by Ainslie Henderson (who is the partner of band member Becky Unthank), about the Unthanks' life on the road.[1]
The album is designated Vol. 5 in the Unthanks' Diversions series[1] and follows on from Vol. 1 (The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & the Johnsons), released in November 2011, Vol. 2 (The Unthanks with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band), released in July 2012, Vol. 3 (Songs from the Shipyards), released in November 2012 and Vol. 4 (The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake), released in May 2017.
- ^ a b Kidman, David (27 April 2020). "The Untnanks - Diversions Vol. 5: Live And Unaccompanied". Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 28 April 2021.