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With superb arrangements, breathtaking harmonies, down-to-earth virtuosity and an infectious delight in live performance, Kate Howden and Paul Jones are songwriters with that special magic that takes you on a journey through a musical landscape, telling stories and sharing experience with their music. Between them they play, guitar, mandolin, bodhran,and cajon…

Kate Howden and Paul Jones met through their work with young people at a community music project, and immediately established an appreciation of each other’s approach to writing and performing original songs. This soon lead to them working closely together on a live set. They first performed together in July 1998.

Following this, they booked themselves into Ken Nicol’s studio in Preston “to see what happened”. The resulting debut CD “Kate Howden and Paul Jones” was launched in April 2000 and though it outsold expectations was initially intended as a extended demo.

Through cold calling and mailshots, bookings began to increase. As well as Folk Club bookings, Kate and Paul supported established artists including Niamh Parsons, The Oysterband, Jackie Leven, Coope, Boyes and Simpson.

Returning to the studio in August 2000, Kate and Paul recorded “Silver Waters”, an album of 14 jointly penned songs. Released in March 2001, “Silver Waters” received highly complimentary reviews;
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