The Golden Thread Project UK~USA is a celebration of folk songs that have a UK root and found a place in the USA musical tradition. The project takes its inspiration from Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles’ collecting experiences in the Appalachian Mountains and is based on research undertaken in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library.

Illustrators Geoff Coupland and Aidan Saunders have invited both emerging illustrators and established artists to respond to these songs with a series of comic strips. The result is a unique 180-page full colour book featuring more than 30 new works, produced in a wonderful variety of graphic styles.

Featuring:

Aidan Saunders, Beau Brannick, Bette Belle Blanchard, Billy Mather, Daryl Rainbow, Drew Webster, Fiontan Fitzgerald, Fran Colomb, Gary Northfield, Hannah Dyson, Hunt Emerson, Jim Stoten, Jonathan Edwards, Jonny Hannah, Kim Fountain, Lesley Barnes, Lord Hurk, Marie Morelle, Mark Stafford, Nick White, Orson Coupland, Peter Lloyd, Rob Nicol, Soju Tanaka, Stephen Fowler, Tommy Brentnall, Woodrow Phoenix, ZEEL.