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On this occasion, in honour of the forthcoming CD,
Time Out Of Mind,
it's the whole site that has been given a facelift — go on, have a look round!

Three musicians who have been singing together on-and-off in the Felixstowe, Ipswich and Woodbridge areas of Suffolk since the mid-1980s and now specialise in a cappella harmony drawing on a variety of English traditions, both folk and formal.

What do we sing? Traditional and self-penned songs which always tell a story and usually concern beer, religion, politics or things that go bump in the night — in no particular order.

And this is who we are ...

Mim MacMahon

Sophie and Sue have long been of the opinion that Mim is merely a projection into our universe of a vast, hyperintelligent, pan-dimensional being. Nothing else, they feel, can adequately explain Mim's unique approach to the analysis of song lyrics, musical compositions, religious beliefs and the internal constituents of fairy cake, or her ability to remain relatively sane despite commuting to the outer edges of London every day.

As well as being the Triangular musical and philosophical genius, Mim is also the undisputed queen of the kitchen; her vegetarian culinary skills have been sustaining the band for over twenty years and she makes a mean whisky cake.

Sue Manley

Pioneer female tenor, polymath, polyglot, polyhedron and all-round renaissance person, Sue has been singing tenor since the age of 9 — about a hundred years before almost anyone else. Descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages on her dad's side and Abraham on her mum's, she nevertheless manages to convince most people that she is not particularly frightening. Apart from music, her main interests are cricket, food, beer, more food, more beer, more cricket — you get the picture. She has been known to commit sudoku on more than one occasion.

Egalitarian by instinct and principle, Sue has nevertheless graciously let it be known that she will accept a peerage if one of the other two manages to become Pope.

Sophie Watson

Sophie is famous for making lists. It seems to be genetic; her mother and grandmother were both great list-makers, but it does serve the useful purpose of reminding her not to try to do all the things she's good at at the same time. If she tried that she would not simply be falling backwards while drunk in charge of a melodeon, she would be simultaneously playing the guitar, singing, designing the poster for a concert and sitting on a committee while networking successfully. Do not argue with this woman — she will organise you, and in such a nice way that you won't even notice until it's happened, and you will have made dozens of new friends, to boot!

She is also the answer to the age-old conundrum: which witch went to Ipswich?