Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman are set to play at Hanger Farm on Friday April 27.

Duos come and duos go. And some nurture and fine tune their art and watch it grow into something totally original, captivating and award-winning.

Bonded by an unseen alchemy, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have entwined their professional and personal relationship into an enviable class act of imaginative songwriting and musicianship.

The Dartmoor-based husband and wife have twice won the coveted Best Duo title at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (2016 and 2013), consistently delivering assured, distinctive performances.

Over two decades of performance they have never been trapped in a groove – always bold and innovative, mixing traditional song arrangements with their self-penned material which reels from the bitter to the sweet, the wry to the sad and the political to the passive, across folk, rock, country and blues genres.

A deft acoustic and electric guitarist and slick producer, Lakeman’s feted skills are matched by the exquisite voice and fluid piano and flute playing of Roberts.

After a break to have their twin girls, the former Equation band members returned in fine form with two acclaimed albums - Hidden People (2012) followed by Tomorrow will follow Today (2015). The 2012 release included their outstanding song about the South Yorkshire 1980s miners’ strike The Ballad of Andy Jacobs, nominated for Best Original Track at the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Fifth album, Personae, is an eclectic emotional see-saw of traditional ballads and their own versatile material.