Haddo

Haddo are English duo (husband and wife) Will and Nicky Pound: combining melodeon harmonies with the viola, they play both traditional tunes and their own compositions, anything from Morris to bluegrass.
Having had a Morris upbringing, immersed in music and dance, Will Pound is now a top harmonica player and has taken the instrument to a new level, with a style that is completely his own.
As well as his pyrotechnics on the harmonica, Will plays the melodeon. While Haddo is his debut outing in a concert setting on this instrument, his dulcet tones have previously been heard in the recording studio with ceilidh band Steamchicken. He also guested on Purpose and Grace, from Martin Simpson. In 2012 he received a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nomination for Best Musician and was featured in a television programme: he performed and recorded with Goldies Band: By Royal Appointment, with songwriter Guy Chambers.
Having studied violin from an early age, Nicky Pound graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with a masters in Baroque Viola in 2009. During this time, she had the privilege to work with the late great Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Colin Davies and Sir Elton John. Since then, as well as playing with groups such as the Brandenburg Baroque Soloists, she has been going back to her folk rootsjoining the North West clog dancing side Chinewrde Morris, based in Kenilworth (West Midlands, UK)
Nicky has also worked for SAGA, playing on the cruise ship Pearl II, around the Norwegian Fjords.
Their debut album, Homecoming, was released in 2012.
Will & Nicky both work together on Live Music Now and also Superact. They are charities that provide music in various places such as prisons, special schools, hospices, etc. ~ "It is extremely rewarding work and is a chance to work and play music in places which it is not usually found."
www.haddofolk.com