The Snapes – Traditional British Folk Music Duo

Peter and Barbara Snape

Peter and Barbara Snape have a great love of traditional British folk music and a well-deserved reputation for researching varied and interesting songs from their native North West of England and delivering them with commitment, passion and enjoyment.

With a distinct ‘northern resonance’ their songs with melodeon accompaniment brings the tradition to life in a way that appeals and entertains.

Closely aligned to their research and singing interests are, ‘Most truly yours, Aunt Anne’ and ‘Cotton Town Chronicles’.

‘Most truly yours, Aunt Anne’ (Anne Geddes Gilchrist OBE), with its focus on the songs she collected, is a celebration concert by the Gilchrist Collective about a remarkable Lancashire woman who was a pivotal figure within the folk song collecting community of the early 20^th Century.

Cotton Town Chronicles, reflecting on the first ‘northern powerhouse’ is a themed presentation of songs about working life during the age when cotton and coal where king in Lancashire.

Peter and Barbara have an understanding and affection for the songs they perform. They effortlessly embrace their carefully researched repertoire and are deservedly popular with audiences.

Peter and Barbara Snape are entertaining and their passion for performing their songs is infectious. The listener will be tapping their feet and joining in, while immersed in the story behind the song.

Jacqueline PattenEnglish Dance & Song Magazine, Winter 2019

Hailing from the North West of England, Peter and Barbara bring a wealth of traditional songs, mainly from that region and weave their fascinating and well-researched history between the songs in a refreshing, convivial, distinctly ‘northern’ style.

David Cheffings Dursley Acoustic Music Nights

The Snapes’ signature style is distinctively salt-of-the-earth: sturdy and invigorating, full of breezy confidence and proven accomplishment and replete with a high feel-good factor, yet they take their craft seriously and treat the songs and their listeners with due respect.

David KidmanLiving Tradition, November 2019