Boyd and Wain

Origin| England
Genres| Folk, Americana
Years active| 2009 (2009)–present
Labels| Goldtop
Members| Katy Boyd
Benny Wain

Boyd and Wain is an acoustic duo composed of American singer songwriter Katy Boyd and English violinist Benny Wain.

## History

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### Katy Boyd

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Katy Boyd grew up in Menlo Park on Perry Lane[1][2][3][4][5] After attending the University of California Santa Cruz she became a full-time songwriter. In the early 1980s, Boyd won what is now the West Coast Songwriters Association's annual song writing contest[4] and moved to the UK. She married, remained in England and gave up performing. However, she began writing and performing again, finally securing a recording deal with Goldtop Recordings (Jungle Records).[6]

### Benny Wain

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Benny Wain started his professional music career playing in the family band The Sidling Stompers out of Sydling St Nicholas in Dorset at the age of 12. The band, which included his younger sister, Nina Wain, had great success in Southern England, and was played on BBC Radio 2's "Folk on Two". They formed the folk rock band Jigsaw in the 1990s.

### Beginnings

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Benny Wain and Katy Boyd met playing in the function band Howling at the Moon. The duo formed in May 2009. In July 2009 they won the Trowbridge Village Pump Unsigned Act Competition.[7] They have gone on to play major festivals in the UK, including Tolpuddle, the Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival, Bath Party in the City, Wimborne Folk Festival and The Brighton Fringe. They have toured the US several times. The first album Ain't No Fairy Tale appeared on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart in the summer of 2010, starting at No. 36.[8]

## Discography

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* Ain't No Fairy Tale, 2010

## References

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1. ^ Wolfe, Tom. (1968) 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test'.
2. ^ Miller, Timothy (1999). The 60s Communes: Hippies and Beyond. Syracuse University Press.
3. ^ Kahn, Alice (December 1984). "Jerry Garcia and the Call of the Weird". San Jose Mercury News.
4. ^ a b "UK's Boyd and Wain play Brookings Saturday (Oct. 16)". Coastal Grooves. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
5. ^ from a comment made on Richard Digence's radio show, copy of broadcast no longer available. A reference to them can be found in his blog: "My blog -". Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
6. ^ Freeman, Paul. Palo Alto Daily News, April 28, 2010
7. ^ "Trowbridge Festival marks 37th year". BBC. April 15, 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
8. ^ Kornfeld, Michael. "Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 06-04-10". AcousticMusicScene.com. Retrieved October 11, 2012.