About the Artist
Chris Wood is a remarkable composer and musician (violin, guitar and voice). Immersed in English church music and later in the traditional music of England, Quebec and France, he has worked with musicians from both the folk and classical world, as a player, composer, arranger and teacher. Chris has also performed in the highly acclaimed Wood, Wilson and Carthy collective and The English Acoustic Collective.
Chris started his career playing with an embryonic form of the Oyster Band, from where he went on to play for the RSC and the National Theatre before forming the influential partnership with Andy Cutting with whom he toured all over the world. A contemporary hero of the English folk tradition--radical, fierce, compassionate, humane, political, proud, tender, humorous, critical and frank--Wood's work speaks directly to anyone concerned with English life and society. His impact is immediate and direct.