demo 
Yealand Redmayne (UK,2007)***°
The duo Yealand Redmayna was shortlived, but I insisted the singer, Laura Hulse, that this project shouldn’t be forgotten, because this worked quiet well, as a duo with Laura Hulse on vocals and Paul Micklethwaite on acoustic guitar. I only have these four demo tracks and I’m not sure what else there was recorded. Despite whatever reason caused the end of the group, I think the guitar compositions fitted perfectly with Laura’s high tuned slightly aerie voice. Only one traditional was interpreted: “Scarborough Fair”, with slight variations in singing, wide-sky open, and with fingerpickings. The next track is the transmissions of a poem : “Damon the Mower” by Andrew Marvell, with dreaming- over-the-land vocals, resuming in feelings and thoughts, and on “Into the Light” with a slightly saddened beauty....
Laura Hulse was born in Cumbria, England. She started singing along with her mother who taught her hymns and rural folk songs. From an early age she could be found transcribing many poems and lyrics, snatched from the air on walks by the beautiful Kent Estuary. Her first appearance as a folk singer was at a school concert, accompanied by Ian Carr (of the Kate Rusby Band and Namo). Ian played her Abyssinians (1983), by June Tabor… which made a huge impression. After a brief spell as a librarian and radical book seller, hanging out in Newcastle and having lots of adventures, she headed south to art college in Bath and subsequently exhibited lots of videos and live performances, inspired by her family history and the English Lake District. In London, she received her MA in Fine Art from Middlesex University and took a studio on Eel Pie Island in Twickenham. After a while, she gave up the studio and built a shed on a council allotment. She grows flowers, photographs and paints and is also writing poems, short stories and a novel. Until recently, she was the singer with folk duo 'Yealand Redmayne'. Yealand Redmayne disbanded in November 2007. She has now just started her first solo project called November Song. More about that later.
