Intro
Formed in 1981 as an umbrella for the musical activities of John and Anne Butterworth and their associates, False Knight has always been more than a mere folk group. It has, with some ebb and flow continued to the present with a continuing love and enthusiasm for the music.
Acoustic music, driven by the insistent frets playing of John and the virtuoso vocals and flute playing of Anne. The music dazzles with its range of complex harmonies and rhythms and plaintive melody. This is traditional music with a literate, educated and creative head – what ethnicity would be if projected to the present, washed and educated.
John and Anne both have broad musical experience and vocabulary. Literate and sensitive, their accompaniments, harmonies, melody and instrumentation support and embellish while never detracting from the songs ithemselves.
Styles and genre flow seamlessly together – early music harmonies, reflective traditional ballade, the sleaze of Berliner cabaret, rabble rousing songs of change and protest – each style listening to and borrowing subtly from the others so that something new is created.
False Knight is currently having a new web site developed by Rochdale Online and the site will include music downloads in MP3 format of a few of the songs in their extensive repertoire.
False Knight is available for functions; please use the email facility.