Sian & Rob Colquhoun are a Wiltshire-based Americana and roots duo known for their close vocal harmonies, original songwriting and energetic live performances.
Drawing on Appalachian old-time music, early bluegrass and folk traditions brought together with a distinctly roots-led approach shaped by their Scots-Irish heritage.
They have quickly established themselves on the UK folk and roots circuit, booked to play stages at Maverick Festival, Purbeck Valley Folk Festival, Wimborne Minster Folk Festival, Swanage Folk Festival and King Harvest in 2026.
Influences range from The Stanley Brothers, The Carter Family, Doc Watson and Hazel Dickens through to Patsy Cline.
Sian Colquhoun is a singer, songwriter and musician, known for her velvet vocals and gorgeous harmonies. She plays rhythm guitar, autoharp and harmonica. Following a career in TV and radio journalism then government communications, Sian began working as a full-time musician in 2008. She founded Sing Alive community choirs and the White Doves peace choir and has led Bristol Voices and the Walcot State Choir, also running singing workshops and holidays and scratch festival choirs, including at the renowned Village Pump Folk Festival.
Rob Colquhoun is a guitar player, singer-songwriter, composer and tutor with more than 40 years experience. From 2010 Rob provided the driving rhythm guitar for ‘experimental/psych folk’ combo and festival favourites, Lightgarden.
He is expert in both finger-style and flatpicking, playing his own beautifully crafted arrangements of traditional and contemporary songs. He also plays old-time banjo and mandolin.
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