CLASSICALLY timeless but refreshingly unique – that’s Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage who are due to perform in Settle.

The folk duo will huddle round a single vintage microphone, singing intimate duets with just mountain dulcimer, Dobro and guitar.

They are said to evoke memories of Shirley Collins and Davy Graham from the 60s, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris from the 70s and Gillian Welch and David Rawlings from the 90s.

But their warm distilling of influences from both sides of the ‘big pond’ produces a refined sound that is decidedly their own.

Maverick Magazine said Hannah had a beautiful voice that breathed new life into traditional material, while the Daily Express said she was “blessed with a peerlessly pure voice”.

Meanwhile Ben, according to Acoustic Magazine, supplied exemplary dobro and acoustic guitar throughout their performance together.

Both musicians hail from folk-singing families in the flatlands of East Anglia.

Hannah spent much of her formative years touring Europe with her family band in a converted school bus, singing folk songs a cappella in the street in order to make enough money to move to the next city.

However, a sea change and relocation to the US saw her soak up the influences from the American North East and take up the dulcimer. Meanwhile Ben was writing and touring with celebrated UK folk band The Willows whose albums Beneath Our Humble Soil and Amidst Fiery Skies were championed by the likes of the BBC’s Bob Harris and Mike Harding.

Within weeks of moving back the UK, Hannah braved her first time out solo at The Black Fen Folk Club, Cambridge, meeting Ben as he finished his own tour.

He went on to produce Hannah’s solo debut Charms Against Sorrow, released in early 2015 to critical acclaim.

The pair caught the attention of award-winning Canadian producer David Travers-Smith and together they are making an album due for release in late 2016.

The gig will be at Victoria Hall in Settle on June 5. Visit hannahsandersfolk.com for further information.