Stick in the Wheel

East London folk band Stick In The Wheel, headed by singer Nicola Kearey and guitarist/producer Ian Carter, have gained four BBC Folk Award nominations since their inception in 2013. Known for Nicola?s fierce, working-class delivery, this is culturally and politically switched on music, with the group being widely commended for their timely appraisal of English Folk and their skill in telling stories through song that reconnect modern audiences to the past - drawing unexpected parallels between then and now. The band?s songs examine rituals and cycles, our inherent power to change ourselves and the world around us, the past repeating itself, ghosts and death, land and place, thieves and beggars. It continues to question the notion of what folk music is, and what it means, yet at the same time remaining totally connected with the tradition. And unmistakeably still Stick In The Wheel!