Critically acclaimed UK folk duo Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage return with their 5th full length album “The Strangers’ – a record centred on dreams and the supernatural.
You could be forgiven for thinking Hannah & Ben might never return to their intimate duo roots… Much of their 2024 was spent touring with their “In The Dark We Grow Band” and “A Winter Union”. Their 2023 also brought lengthy periods on the road with folk rock legends Fairport Convention, however the turn of the year brought another creative sea change for the duo.
“We’d done a really long stint of road – with so many amazing musicians who we love dearly; but come January we knew it was time to turn inward” muses Ben.
The period of hibernation found the duo exploring identical themes by coincidence… “We were both
independently writing and arranging dream songs… some traditional, some our own – once we realised we had that synchronicity of thought we knew we had to try and bottle it for people.”
A sleepy studio in the West Country was booked and over 5 peaceful days The Strangers’ Share was born. An album that showcases the pin-drop intimacy of the single microphone live shows that made their name 5 albums earlier. Every creak from their 80 year old vintage guitars is honestly captured; an intake of nervous breath before a heart-breaking ballad; the magic of live-in-the-studio duetting – this record takes you through the veil, deep into Hannah & Ben’s dreamy, soundscaped world – for 40 minutes, you’re in the room with them – sharing the magic.
“When their voices blend there are echoes of Anne Briggs and Bert Jansch, Shirley Collins and Davy Graham and Gillian Welch and David Rawlings” – Max Reinhardt, BBC Radio 3
The Strangers’ Share Tour Dates
2nd October 2025 New Forest Forest Arts
9th October 2025 Sudbury Sudbury Arts Centre
10th October 2025 Sevenoaks Otford Memorial Hall
11th October 2025 Manchester Stoller Hall
12th October 2025 Derby Derby Folk Festival
13th October 2025 Chester St Marys Creative Space
16th October 2025 Swindon The Old Stables, Cricklade
19th October 2025 Cambridge The Junction
23rd October 2025 Bristol The New Room
24th October 2025 Walton On Thames Riverhouse Barn Arts
25th October 2025 Otley The Farrier
26th October 2025 Thropton, Northumberland Coquetdale Music Centre
6th November 2025 Bath Chapel Arts
7th November 2025 Maidenhead Norden Farm Arts Centre
9th November 2025 Cromer Cromer Arts Centre
11th November 2025 Worthing Pavilion Theatre
26th March 2026 London Kings Place
For further information please visit https://www.hannahbenmusic.com/
