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There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) An English folk trio of the mid-1960s; 2) An American/Swedish indie-pop duo signed to Matinée Recordings in 2003.
1) The Young Tradition was an English folk trio remembered for their albums of mainly traditional British folk music, sung in arrangements for their three unaccompanied voices. The trio was apparently formed by chance when Peter Bellamy (died 1991) and Royston Wood (died 1990) met when they were camping on a mutual friend's floor, and started making harmonies together. Heather Wood (no relation to Royston) (died 2024) encountered them at a folk club in April 1965 and just joined in from the audience. Their harmonies, owe much to The Copper Family, but also came from their other musical loves. For Royston Wood, it was classical music. For Heather Wood, it was The Everly Brothers and years of school and church choirs. The trio moved to London and shared a house with John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and Anne Briggs. They recorded three albums, plus an EP, on the Transatlantic Records label. Their later work became more influenced by mediaeval music, with their third, and final, studio album, "Galleries", musically augmented by Dolly Collins, Dave Swarbrick, David Munrow and Early Music Consort of London. They also recorded a collaboration with Shirley Collins and Dolly Collins titled "The Holly Bears The Crown" (1969). In 1969, the group split up on account of their different musical preferences, with Bellamy wanting to pursue pure traditional music. Their final concert was at Cecil Sharp House, home of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, in October 1969. Royston and Heather Wood continued to work together, though they did not record again until 1977 when they released No Relation, an album which included Peter Bellamy as guest singer on three tracks and also appearances by guitarists Pete Kirtley and Simon Nicol and bass guitarist Ashley Hutchings. In 1972 Royston Wood joined The Albion Country Band on vocals and English concertina. Heather Wood became a mainstay of the New York and East Coast folk scenes. The final recording to be found under the name "The Young Tradition: Oberlin '68," was a 2013 release of a live concert performed for the Oberlin College folk music society, recorded unbeknownst to (or possibly just unremembered by) the trio, rediscovered by the recording engineer among his old reel-to-reels.
2) The Young Tradition was an American/Swedish indie-pop duo comprising Californian-based songwriter Brent Ke/nji (of The Guild League) and Swedish musician Erik Hanspers, collaborating remotely through the post and the internet. The duo released an EP, California Morning, and an album, Northern Drive, on Matinée Recordings.
There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) An English folk trio of the mid-1960s; 2) An American/Swedish indie-pop duo signed to Matinée Recordings in 2003.
1) The Young Tradition was an English folk trio remembered for their albums of mainly traditional British folk music, sung in arrangements for their three unaccompanied voices. The trio was apparently formed by chance when Peter Bellamy (died 1991) and Royston Wood (died 1990) met when they were camping on a mutual friend's floor, and started making harmonies together. Heather Wood (no relation to Royston) (died 2024) encountered them at a folk club in April 1965 and just joined in from the audience. Their harmonies, owe much to The Copper Family, but also came from their other musical loves. For Royston Wood, it was classical music. For Heather Wood, it was The Everly Brothers and years of school and church choirs. The trio moved to London and shared a house with John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and Anne Briggs. They recorded three albums, plus an EP, on the Transatlantic Records label. Their later work became more influenced by mediaeval music, with their third, and final, studio album, "Galleries", musically augmented by Dolly Collins, Dave Swarbrick, David Munrow and Early Music Consort of London. They also recorded a collaboration with Shirley Collins and Dolly Collins titled "The Holly Bears The Crown" (1969). In 1969, the group split up on account of their different musical preferences, with Bellamy wanting to pursue pure traditional music. Their final concert was at Cecil Sharp House, home of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, in October 1969. Royston and Heather Wood continued to work together, though they did not record again until 1977 when they released No Relation, an album which included Peter Bellamy as guest singer on three tracks and also appearances by guitarists Pete Kirtley and Simon Nicol and bass guitarist Ashley Hutchings. In 1972 Royston Wood joined The Albion Country Band on vocals and English concertina. Heather Wood became a mainstay of the New York and East Coast folk scenes. The final recording to be found under the name "The Young Tradition: Oberlin '68," was a 2013 release of a live concert performed for the Oberlin College folk music society, recorded unbeknownst to (or possibly just unremembered by) the trio, rediscovered by the recording engineer among his old reel-to-reels.
2) The Young Tradition was an American/Swedish indie-pop duo comprising Californian-based songwriter Brent Ke/nji (of The Guild League) and Swedish musician Erik Hanspers, collaborating remotely through the post and the internet. The duo released an EP, California Morning, and an album, Northern Drive, on Matinée Recordings.
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