-quite simply, a great live band ..
–warmth and passion for the music..
–a great nights’ entertainment ..
Quay Folk Club, Isle of Wight
Phil Underwood and Denise Dryburgh are DryWood, a husband and wife duo singing lively and heartfelt original and traditional songs. They operate a pair of traditional canal boats and their songs celebrate the heritage of the English Canals, the English Folk Tradition, spiced up with a pinch of Americana, Blues and Cajun. DryWood also present their original lively show about the history of the canals – Boat Horse.
Phil Underwood is a highly experienced International award winning musician with many CD, TV and stage credits to his name. He trained for the stage with the National Theatre’s War Horse production and also appeared at Wembley with musician and comedian Bill Bailey.
Denise Dryburgh started singing as a teenager in a successful all girl group DeLorelei and subsequently made her name on the folk circuit as a fine and powerful folk singer and session leader. She toured with harmony group The Morning After.
Contact: Phil Underwood
Email: p h i l . u n d e r w o o d 5 2 @ g m a i l . c o m (remove spaces)
Mob: 07546 974009
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DryWoodUK
Current Bookings
2023
6-8 September Tenterden Folk Festival https://tenterdenfolkfestival.com/
2024
14 January 2024 Walthamstow Folk Club
https://www.facebook.com/Walthamstow-Folk-134482746592/
28 Feb 24 Banbury Folk Club (Guest) www.banburyfolkclub.co.uk
3-6 May 2024 Upton-upon-Severn Folk Festival https://uptonfolk.org/
24-27 May 2024 CHIPPENHAM FOLK FESTIVAL https://www.chippfolk.co.uk/
Past Performances:
2023
18 April Wurzel Bush Folk Club, www.wurzelbush.org
24 May Baldock Folk Club https://www.baldockfolkclub.org/
28 May Yarmouth (IoW) Sea Song and Shanty Festival https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063772380734
30 May Bracknell Folk Club https://www.bracknellfolk.org.uk/
3 June Stony Live! (as our Cajun Band) https://www.stonylive.info/whats-on
CANCELLED (personal circumstances) 22 Nov Banbury Folk Club (Support) www.banburyfolkclub.co.uk
2022
Bedworth Folk Club, Coventry
Song Loft Folk Club, Stony Stratford
Yarmouth Sea Songs and Shanty Festival, Isle of Wight
Horsenden Hill Apple Day, Ealing
Quay Folk Club, Isle of Wight
Tenterden Folk Festival, Kent (with Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham)
White Horse Folk Festival, Oxfordshire
2021
Inland Waterways Association Festival of Water
2020
St Neots Folk Club , Bedfordshire
Songs From The Back Cabin – Video for Canal and River Trust
2019
Inland Waterways Association Festival of Water, Worcester
Phil Underwood