Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage @ Small World Music Centre, Friday

Fast rising UK folk duo Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage make their much-anticipated Toronto return Friday – listen to "Hidden Things" below. 

Here's the scoop...
A chance meeting at their local Black Fen Folk Club in Cambridge UK uncovered Hannah and Ben’s shared musical passions and sympathies, that over time has developed into a unique and intimate show of American roots and English folk music.

Huddled round a single microphone, singing intimate duets with just mountain dulcimer, dobro and guitar Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage are a folk duo that look & sound classically timeless, yet feel refreshingly unique.

Fleetingly, they may evoke a memory of Gram & Emmylou, Shirley & Davey, or Gillian & David but their warm distilling of influences from both sides of the Atlantic produces a refined sound that is decidedly their own.

Their unique unplugged presentation creates a widescreen, cinematic soundscape with open spaces and atmosphere, giving their beautifully pure vocals room to share the songs’ emotion and narrative.

The material is as joyful and fun as it is intense, but the common factor is the duo’s warmth and confidence in each other; their natural ease and connection is clearly evident on the recorded music, and a genuine pleasure to witness on stage. Two voices and one microphone.

Hanah and Ben have produced two sublime albums – 2016's Before The Sun and 2018's Awake – both recorded here in Toronto with the legendary David Travers-Smith. Tickets for their show at Small World Music Centre (180 Shaw) on Friday (May 3) from 8pm to 11pm are $25 advance available here and $35 at the door.

Watch the new Rob Bridge video for their latest single, "Hidden Things," inspired by Francesco Dimitri’s novel “Book of Hidden Things” set in Southern Italy.