Biography
Faraway Folk was a British prog-folk ensemble active in the 1970s.
Husband-wife pair of British folk singers, John Turk and Shirley Turk began performing in the 1950s. The two named the band after meeting fellow folk musicians John Hartshorn and Judy Whittington and securing a recurring gig at a local Brixham hotel, followed almost immediately with their first recording entitled appropriately "Introducing". The group's first full-length release, "Live At The Bolton" (1970) was recorded live at the same Bolton Hotel that summer, and the band left their day jobs to pursue music full-time.
By 1974 Hartshorn and Whittington had departed, replaced by then 17-year old bassist Bryony Smith, who toured and recorded with the group for two years before leaving himself; but not before appearing on the band's most well-known release "Seasonal Man" (1975). Guitarist Adrian Morris was added to the lineup, but, following a decline in appearances and general fading popularity of folk-based music toward the end of the decade, the group disbanded in 1980.
The Turks reunited with Smith for a short-lived run as country-tinged band Cream County.
John and Shirley Turk continue to perform as a regional act
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