Welcome to the Stitherum Web site
Mike and Sue Dewsbury otherwise known as Stitherum, have been making music together since the 1960’s but pressures of their studies followed by careers and family life meant that they didn’t get around to public performance until the early 90’s when they started to attend Gainsborough Folk Club.
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They became organisers of the Club in 1997 and took the brave step of starting the Gainsborough Folk Festival in 2000.
They are equally comfortable taking part in a singaround, doing a floor spot or appearing as the booked artist and they have supported performers as diverse as Bert Jansch, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Emily Druce, Jez Lowe and Bob Fox.
Their musical influences are wide with Mike having a deep affection for the Blues and Sue particularly enjoying the singing of June Tabor and Bob Fox. Their repertoire is drawn from the full range of traditional and contemporary folk and always in the aural tradition
More recently Sue has ventured into song writing, being successful in reaching the grand final of the BBC Write a Song for Lincolnshire Competition in both 2002, 2003 & 2004. Her song Woven Threads of Linen was the winner in 2003.
A typical set will include something thing silly, something sublime, something soppy and probably something slightly saucy interspersed with a fair bit of domestic harmony!
Their working name “Stitherum” gives further clues about their performance as is a Lincolnshire dialect word meaning a convoluted tale!
Following the success of their first CD- "Threads" Stitherum have recently released their second CD: "oh look theres an aardvark".
You are welcome to download soundbites of these CDs from the links below.
Gallery
Threads
aardvark
Gig List
Megs Page
Instruments
Links
Mike Dewsbury~Woodturning