FOLK duo Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman will be performing in west Dorset in the New Year, it has been confirmed.

The award-winning pair, crowned BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners in 2013 and 2016, are set to play a number of Dorset dates including Comrades Hall in Broadwindsor.

Dorset rural touring arts organisation Artsreach will be organising the dates.

Artsreach co-director Yvonne Gallimore said: "Working with the support of our partners Blanchards Bailey, it is always exciting to bring a new act to Dorset as part of the Artsreach programme.

"Given the popularity of folk music in the region, and the national acclaim this duo have, I am certain tickets are going to be in high demand."

Whether on stage or in the recording studio, Sean Lakeman is a tour-de-force of modern folk music. The eldest of the three ‘Lakeman Brothers’, Sean has played the guitar since the age of six and was recognized at an early age as one of the most promising guitarists around.

As well as producing all four Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman albums his production credits include some of the biggest names in British folk and folk-rock, such as the Levellers, Seth Lakeman, Frank Turner, Billy Bragg, Imelda May, Bellowhead, Rev Hammer and Show of Hands.

*The pair play Comrades Hall in Broadwindsor on Saturday January 14 at 7.30pm. Call 01308 867644 for tickets and further information.

The other performances are Sandford Orcas Village Hall at 7.30pm on Thursday January 12, call 01963 220208 for tickets, Morden Village Hall at 7.30pm on Friday January 13 - call 01929 459431 for tickets and Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall at 4pm on Sunday January 15. Call 01300 348247 for tickets.