CHRIS While and Julie Matthews are breathtaking singers, songwriters, musicians and performers whose dedication to their craft and audience holds no bounds. They appear at The Plough, Torrington this month. Though internationally acclaimed, they continue to be a leading force on the UK?s acoustic/roots arts circuit. Their songs cover life as they see it, from the industrial waste lands of the north, to injustice and freedom, matters of the heart and everything in between. As performers they are unrivalled and their audiences leave their concerts having been through every emotion possible. Julie plays guitar, piano, bouzouki, mandolin and harmonica - Chris plays guitar, bodhran, banjo, dulcimer and percussion.While and Matthews are also the founding members of Blue Tapestry, celebrating the music of Carole King and Joni Mitchell with Martin Allcock, Pete Zorn and Neil Marshall, an extraordinarily talented band of musicians. They also appear as the leading songwriters and singers on several Albion Band albums during their time in the band (1990 to 1997) and on the much acclaimed Daphne?s Flight. The beginning of 2006 saw Julie involved with the historic new, Sony Award winning BBC Radio 2 series ?Radio Ballads?, writing 10 of the songs and covering four of the programs. Chris was also asked to perform several of the songs. She was also asked to take the role of the late Sandy Denny in a unique reunion of the 1969 line-up of Fairport Convention at the BBC folk awards. They appear at The Plough on Friday November 9 at 8 pm. Box office: 01805 624624.