Chris While and Julie Matthews

Performing for the last time with British folk group the Albion Band at the Cropedy Festival in 1997, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter Julie Matthews and guitarist, percussionist, vocalist, and songwriter Chris While took a major step forward as a duo. Members of the Albion Band since 1990 and 1993, respectively, While and Matthews launched their two-woman collaboration during a 1995 tour of Canada as the Women of Albion. Over the next two years, the collaboration yielded a pair of memorable albums, Piecework in 1998 and Higher Potential in 1999. A live album, r...