Adrian McNally is a record producer, a composer/songwriter and a musician with English folk group

the Unthanks The Unthanks (until 2009 called Rachel Unthank and the Winterset) are an folk music of England, English folk group known for their eclectic approach in combining traditional English folk, particularly Music of Northumbria, Northumbrian folk mus ...

, which he also manages. As well as producing all of the Unthanks' albums he has produced the compilation album ''Harbour of Songs'' for which he was commissioned by

The Stables The Stables (also known as the Stables Theatre) is a music venue situated in Wavendon, a small village in south-east Milton Keynes. The Stables hosts over 400 concerts and around 250 education events a year including the National Youth Music ...

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as part of the

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, an album for Belinda O'Hooley and albums for Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell.

Discography

EPs

* Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell: ''The North Farm Sessions'' (2010)

Albums

* Sherburn, Bartley & Scott's Last Night's Fun: ''Dubh'' (2001) * Rachel Unthank and the Winterset: '' Cruel Sister'' (2005) * Belinda O'Hooley: '' Music is My Silence'' (2005) * Rachel Unthank and the Winterset: '' The Bairns'' (2007) * Sherburn, Bartley & Scott's Last Night's Fun: ''Tempered'' (2007) * The Unthanks: ''

Here's the Tender Coming ''Here's the Tender Coming'', the third album by English folk group the Unthanks, and the first under The Unthanks moniker, was released in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2009 and in North America on 23 March 2010. It was Folk Album of th ...

'' (2009) * The Unthanks: ''

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'' (2011) * Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell: ''Kite'' (2011) * The Unthanks: '' The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & the Johnsons'' (2011) * Various artists: ''Harbour of Songs'' (2012) * '' The Unthanks with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band'' (2012) * The Unthanks: ''

Songs from the Shipyards ''Songs from the Shipyards'', the seventh album by English folk group The Unthanks, was released on 5 November 2012. The album is designated Vol. 3 in The Unthanks' ''Diversions'' series and follows on from Vol. 1 ('' The Songs of Robert Wyatt ...

'' (2012) * The Unthanks: ''

Mount the Air ''Mount the Air'', the eighth album by English folk group the Unthanks, was released on 9 February 2015. It received five-starred reviews in ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Irish Times'' and four-starred reviews in the ''Financial Times'' and ...

'' (2015) * The Unthanks: ''

Archive Treasures 2005–2015 ''Archive Treasures 2005–2015'', the ninth album by English folk group the Unthanks, was released on 11 December 2015. It contains archive recordings, most of them previously unreleased, spanning the group's 10-year history of recording. The ...

'' (2015) * The Unthanks: '' The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake'' and '' The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake: Extras'' (2017) * The Unthanks: '' Lines'' (2019) * The Unthanks: '' Live And Unaccompanied'' (2020) * The Unthanks: '' Sorrows Away'' (2022)

Broadcasts

In 2022 he gave his perspective on the composer

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in an "essay" broadcast on

BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, Radio drama, drama, High culture, culture and the arts ...

Personal life

McNally grew up in a mining village near

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider boroug ...

, Yorkshire. He was married to, but is now divorced from, Rachel Unthank, singer with the Unthanks. They have two sons: George, born in 2011; and Arthur, born in 2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McNally, Adrian Living people 2012 Cultural Olympiad English folk musicians English male songwriters English record producers Musicians from Barnsley Year of birth missing (living people) The Unthanks members