Artisan arrived on the British a cappella folk scene in 1885, grew to be nationally known and respected, went on to tour in Europe from 1990 and Canada and the USA from 1994. They made over a dozen albums together and finally played their last concert (until the reunion maybe?) in November 2005. Their albums continue to be available, either physically or digitally (some as CD roms if required), and the Artisan office is still open for enquiries and contacts. The three of them are still great friends even after twenty years on the road together.

"Well, Artisan aren't a hard act to follow, all I have to do now is to get up here on stage and burst into flames." - Valdy, Canada 1995

Artisan are Hilary Spencer, Jacey Bedford and Brian Bedford. They are three friends who decided to sing together for fun way back in 1984 in deepest darkest Yorkshire. "It was pure luck," says Jacey, "Our voices blended so well, right from the start, that we had lots of encouragement from friends and that prompted us to work really