Keith and Lynne formed a musical partnership several years ago to perform together the music they love best. They have performed in a wide variety of venues, both at home and abroad. Their CD ‘Stars In My Crown’ has been very well received.

Keith has worked in the national and international folk scene for some 37 years (he is currently performing at Disney World in Japan!) first coming to prominence with the all-round folk band ‘The Druids’, specialising in a unique blend of four-part harmony singing. The Druids also formed and became the resident band for the ‘Druids Folk Club’ in 1968 and from there went on to play most of the major folk clubs and festivals in England.

After ‘The Druids’ came ‘TUP’, a three piece accapella’ group. Around the same time Keith founded and led the all-singing, all-dancing English Country Dance Band ‘Rams Bottom’. Just to show what a tangled web we weave, Keith also sang with Barry Coope for nigh on 12 years until his move to Kent in 1988. Amid all this came a four year stint with the last line-up of the much lamented ‘Muckram Wakes’. Despite a return to his native Derbyshire in 1995 Keith still performs with Kent based ceilidh band ‘The East Kent Hoppers’. He is also part of the maritime trio ‘Three Sheets to The Wind’ with Geoff Higginbottom and Derek Gifford. Keith returned to full time performing in 1991 but this time as a soloist. Since then he has again guested at many of the folk clubs and festivals in England and all over the world and produced two albums ‘Me ‘Umble Lot’ (VOR) and ‘Home Ground’ (Fellside).

Lynne hails from Stanstead Abbotts in Hertfordshire, hence the well-earned nickname ‘The Hertfordshire Nightingale’. For many years she ran and was resident for the very successful Hoddesdon Folk Music Club, which was where she started singing in 1970. Many will remember her excellent work in duet with Sue Ashby throughout the 70’s and the 80’s trio ‘Tom, Dick and Harry’. In the late 80’s Lynne joined forces with Pete Cunningham and Pat Turner as ‘Brandis’ and still sings with Pat today performing a wide range of mainly English songs in harmony, either unaccompanied or with guitar. Both these combinations have performed widely throughout the Nation. Lynne is a songwriter and is also involved in the running of the Waltham Abbey Folk Club. Needless to say, Lynne is a very strong performer with an incredibly varied repertoire and an uncanny aptitude for ballad delivery.

Keith and Lynne will be at Tenterden as a duo and performing in various events at various venues over the weekend.

Keith and Lynne have a website at www.keithkendrick.freeuk.com

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Alan Castle, Tenterden Folk Day Trust, 15 Repton Manor Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3HA

Press release - April 2003

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