British Folk trio Lady Maisery bring their exquisite harmonies and stunning musicianship to Turner Sims Southampton on Thursday.

In an English folk scene currently bursting with bold and innovative music, Lady Maisery shine brightly.

With their unique approach to singing, and intelligent and thoughtful arrangements of both traditional repertoire and original compositions, Lady Maisery are skilful explorers of the power, beauty and vitality of song.

Underpinning every performance are their distinctive harmonies: sometimes lush and rich, sometimes dark and invigorating, they intertwine with assured precision.

The trio, which comprises of Hazel Askew, Hannah James and Rowan Rheingans, is also one of the foremost English proponents of mouth music, also known as diddling, singing tunes wordlessly using their voices as instruments – an art that had all but disappeared in the UK.

Each also an accomplished instrumentalist, many songs are expertly accompanied by a rich tapestry of Rowan’s fiddle, banjo and bansitar, Hazel’s harp and concertina and Hannah’s accordion and foot percussion.

Since their release of their debut album, Weave and Spin, in 2011 the trio have attracted a substantial amount of attention, including a nomination for the Horizon award at the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk awards, and winning Best Album at last year’s awards for their collaborative effort, Songs of Separation.

In the last few years, Lady Maisery have toured across Europe, visited the USA as an Official Showcase artist at Folk Alliance International and performed a contemporary classical secular requiem composed especially for them by award-winning composer Emily Hall. They have also been 2017’s ‘Artists in Residence’ at Halsway Manor Centre for Folk Arts.