HOWL are a vocal ensemble from the UK. Hailing from a range of diverse musical backgrounds from opera to folk and musical theatre, they are brought together through a love of complex, lush, haunting and often absurd vocal music. The group performs original compositions along with arrangements of folk songs and works by composers such as Meredith Monk, Moondog and Caroline Shaw, weaving in their own soundscapes and field recordings to their live show. To mark the Minack's Festival Of The Sea, HOWL will be treating the Minack audience to oceanic gems from their repertoire including an ode to sea turtles, a folk song about the legend of the selkie and a brand new piece exploring the wonders of sea anemones.
They recently released their second EP ‘Night Creatures’ on Cosmo Sheldrake’s Tardigrade Records, a collaboration with acclaimed nature writer Robert Macfarlane, which they celebrated with two sold out shows at London’s Kings Place. This collection of original compositions explores the life of certain nocturnal animals – moths and glow worms, for example, among them.
HOWL is Kate Huggett, Elly Condron, Natty Pela, Rose Stachniewska, Lydia Samuels, Rosalie Warner, Clay Slade, Helen Potter and Heloise Turnstall-Behrens.