The Gillies are an Americana-Folk duo born in Norfolk and based in South East London. They describe themselves as “Music for your graveside”, why? Their songs are intense, dark, sad but real and intimate, Susan and Mark combine a tenor guitar and a steel strung Gibson with haunting vocals, into a sparce and dark musical style, likened to Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings. Divide and Conquer Music said of their recent album ‘No Hiding Place’, “The album is timeless as it unfurls into a sweet and very real and intimate journey, the two combine their bare bones guitar work to paint these sprawlin...
We are happy to perform unplugged in a small space, but would love a small pa in a larger space which would be 2 DI's 2 vocal mic's , but in the uk we could probably bring something if necessary ., Maybe somewhere to sleep if a long way from home. x
http://www.thegilliesmusic.com Recent Review The Gillies No Hiding Place By Rebecca Rothschild Spring is always such a great season for good folk music. The Gillies are a lovely folk/ Americana group hailing from London and I was gifted with taking a look at their new album No Hiding Place. When I speak of spring, I don't mean the full bloom phase. I'm speaking of the thaw, where the sun may be out longer, but I can still see my breath in the chilly air. Folk for me is always at its best when it presents the dichotomy in life. The bitter with the sweet, and on that note, No Hiding Place ...