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Jackie Oates is an English folk singer and fiddle player.
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Born | 1983 (age 40–41) Congleton, Cheshire, England, UK |
Origin | Brocton, Staffordshire |
Genres | Folk |
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Years active | 2003–present |
Website | jackieoates |
Oates was born in Congleton in Cheshire in 1983 but grew up in Staffordshire. At the age of 18, she moved to Devon to study English literature at Exeter University and was based in Devon until 2011, when she moved to Oxford[1] where she lives with her young family. She was a member of Rachel Unthank and the Winterset between 2003 and 2007.
She was a finalist in the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2003,[2] and was one of the nominees for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards "Horizon Award" in 2008,[3] going on to win that award in 2009,[4] as well as the award for best traditional track for her recording of "The Lark in the Morning".
She has performed as part of the folk trio Wistman's Wood and sung with Morris Offspring and The Imagined Village. More recently, she has performed with John Spiers of Bellowhead, with whom she recorded the album, Needle Pin, Needle Pin in 2020.
Her brother is the singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer, Douglas Oates - better known as Jim Moray,[1] and they have guested on each other's albums.[5]
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