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Chris While & Julie Matthews
'"They light up the room with their amazing energy"James Taylor
“Bloody hell this is good! How the hell do I choose what to play? Every track is a belter. Love it”
Tim Walker
Tim Walker's Folk BBC
Chris While & Julie Matthews perform ‘The Waiting Room’ for Tom Yeo — the man whose extraordinary story inspired the song.
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Written as part of 21st Century Folk, the BBC Radio 2 series that pairs songwriters with people whose lives have remarkable stories to tell, The Waiting Room was inspired by Tom’s early life.
Born out of wedlock to Irish parents in 1965, Tom was just two weeks old when his birth mother left him in a waiting room at Reading Station — tucked under a seat with a bottle and some spare clothes. Despite such a dramatic beginning, Tom went on to enjoy a happy childhood with a loving adoptive family.
To hear Tom’s full story, listen to 21st Century Folk on BBC Sounds: [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002...]
Filmed at Crich Tramway Village near Matlock.
Produced by Pomona Audio for the BBC.
New single 'The Waiting Room'​
The single was debuted live on The Jeremy Vine show on radio 2 on the 29th July listen again
Watch Chris and Julie on The One Show​
you can buy the single
on all regular platforms
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​In case they’ve so far passed you by, Chris While & Julie Matthews are the longest-lasting female duo in Britain and have played more than 3,000 gigs, appeared on over 100 albums, written hundreds of original songs and reached millions of people around the world. Now, 30 years after their debut, they sound as fresh and vital as ever!
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“…just awesome” Judy Collins
“…truly gifted human beings” Richard Hawley
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"The undisputed queens of British folk duos continue to come up with the goods.
1st class songs delivered with to die for harmonies, immaculate musicianship and melodies that lodge themselves in your brain"
The Guardian
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These women far outclass their many famous American cousins, and prove just how immediate and powerful well-written and performed music can still be. Awe- inspiring.
Dirty Linen
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Chris and Julie are on top form and can't put a foot wrong
fRoots.
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