Alex Gallacher (21 April 2015). "The Unthanks– New Single and Glastonbury Main Stage". Music news. Folk Radio UK . Retrieved 1 May 2015. Colin Irwin (6 September 2009). "The Unthanks: Here's the Tender Coming". The Observer . Retrieved 2 November 2015.

Reinhard Zierke (30 January 2015). "Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music . Retrieved 6 April 2015. a b Robin Denselow (24 August 2007). "Rachel Unthank and the Winterset, The Bairns". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 March 2015. might be political and social, and in a much more subtle way than, you know, banging on about a current issue. How carefully do you deliberate over decisions like adding a verse to The Sandgate Dandling Song? It’s a very bold move… Robert Turnbull (December 2020). "Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special 2020: Saucy Nancy". The Digitsl Fix: Television . Retrieved 27 February 2021.

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But projects and diversions aside, Sorrows Away is the long-anticipated follow-up to Mount The Air, and as the title suggests, promises to be a blues-buster and a step into the light for a band known more for melancholy and well, sorrow! You’ve spoken about how you arrived at Sorrows Away. How do you usually collect folk songs ? What draws you to specific tunes? Andy Gill (23 October 2011). "The Unthanks play Robert Wyatt and Antony and the Johnsons, Union Chapel, Islington". The Independent . Retrieved 21 November 2015. a b Mark Savage (27 April 2016). "The Unthanks win best album at Folk Awards". BBC News . Retrieved 29 April 2016.

B: Well, the first line of my song was like me trying to tell myself something. ‘Friends and lovers, among all others, you belong to the air.’ In our relationships, whether it’s family, friends or in a romantic relationship, we often try to hold on too tightly to each other, and it can stifle relationships. It can get you in such a state and doesn’t allow for relationships to grow. In writing that song, I think I was trying to tell myself that to try and make sense of something. In singing it, I still try to remind myself of it. a b Martin Chilton (28 April 2016). "The Unthanks win album of the year at 2016 BBC folk awards". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 29 April 2016.Helen Brown (7 February 2015). "Mount the Air, The Unthanks, review: 'a slow, swirling affair' ". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 11 February 2015. In 2012, Rachel Unthank performed songs in a podcast for The Guardian on Royalty and the English folk song. [58] Television and radio [ edit ] B: I think, as you say, we talk about the mood. We’ll start with the song, and work out some harmonies, then we’ll talk about the mood and atmosphere, and then Adrian does all the arranging. Poor Adrian then has to come to us at the end for approval. We say, “We love it!” or “Not quite sure about this!” [laughs]. That’s probably quite a hard position for him to be in.

Alex Gallacher (30 October 2015). "Memory Box– Limited Edition 10th Anniversary Box of Unthanks Treasure". Music news. Folk Radio UK . Retrieved 12 December 2015. McNally goes on to explain some of the modus operandi behind his arrangements, explaining that “on the surface, a lot of folk music – because it comes from those unaccompanied voices -might appear to be simplistic, but often the message in them is anything but. So a lot of folk songs are traditionally performed in a very throwaway style, in a jolly, high tempo, when the song might actually be about something like being pressed to war. So when we add layers musically, it’s also to add more layers in terms of the storytelling.” Mount the Air was the winner in the best album category in the 2016 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. [5] [6] [7] Memory Box and Archive Treasures 2005–2015 [ edit ]

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Peter Culshaw (17 April 2008). "Rachel Unthank: swapping clogs for high heels". The Sunday Telegraph. London . Retrieved 28 April 2011. AM: In this instance, I was the one thinking, “Let’s just do what we want with it”. And Rachel, having sung it a long time, was more cautious. But in another instance, it’ll be another one of us questioning whether that’s the right thing to do. That’s the good thing about being in a band – having a lot of disparate influences and attitudes. We’re always in conflict creatively. a b Steve Drayton (4 September 2009). "BBC Introducing: New name and sound for The Unthanks". BBC Local/Tyne . Retrieved 15 February 2016. It ties in with the whole philosophy of the folk tradition, trying to learn from our past, from the stories of our ancestors. Trying to reflect and make our lives better today. David Honigman (7 October 2022). "The Unthanks: Sorrows Away album review — upbeat folk celebration". Financial Times . Retrieved 16 October 2022.