BLACKHEART, winners of the Best British Duo accolade from the Exposure Music Awards, are appearing at the Malton Milton Rooms on August 22 as part of their Beautifully Acoustic Tour.

Blackheart combine acoustic instruments and the voice of Chrissy Mostyn with vintage synthesisers, effects, atmospherics and electronica to create avant-garde folk. Their personal, haunting music is flavoured with piercing observations and penetrating lyrics.

In the four years since their song Unlike Water was used on a TV advert for Moben Kitchens, Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Pilkington's multi-instrumental duo have recorded three albums, enjoyed airplay around the world and toured Britain, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands, as well as undertaking two trips to Australia and New Zealand.

Music critic James Douglas says: “Blackheart are firmly based in that curiously eccentric British tradition that spawned The Strawbs and the earliest incarnation of Pink Floyd; their referencing includes everything that is great in rock, from the great English folk bands to the all-pervasive influence of The Velvet Under-ground, all washed with the purity of Travis.”

Blackheart will be appearing in the Friday Night Music in The Studio slot at 8pm. Tickets cost £9 in advance on 01653 696240 or in person from the Milton Rooms or £10 on the door from 7.30pm.