We're back from our Autumn tour having played to lovely audiences throughout the country - read some of the things you said about us in our gig book.

Having sold out of our debut album we're all set to spend the winter working on our next! We recorded live at several venues this October and we're all excited about getting the sequel ready in time for the tour we're planning for Autumn 2010. In the meantime if you didn't manage to get hold of a copy of the first album you will hopefully be able to download it through itunes in the near future.

• News - September 2009 •

Hopefully you've been enjoying a scrumptious summer full of music and festivals and are ready to cosy into the Autumn evenings with a Methera concert.

We've dates planned from the 2nd to the 17th of October throughout England - your last chance to catch us this year. We're particularly excited about our two gigs with fantastic trio Kerr Fagan Harbron in Somerset (8th October) and London (17th October) - the latter is part of a day of music and events planned by the EFDSS and 'Late Junction' presenter Verity Sharp to celebrate Apple Day 2009.

Details of all our upcoming gigs can be found on the gigs page.

• News - July 2009 •

We've had a great 2009 so far with appearances at Bath International Festival and the Fiddles on Fire festival in both London and Newcastle, amongst others.

Dates are being confirmed for our October tour, including some double-bill concerts with the fantastic Kerr Fagan Harbron. See our gigs page for dates confirmed in Wiltshire, Somerset, Gloucestershire and London.... we're hoping to confirm some Northern dates in the next few weeks - join our mailing list to keep up-to-date!

Details of all our upcoming gigs can be found on the gigs page.

• News - April 2009 •

With spring now upon us we thought it was time to let you know what Methera are up to over the coming months. We've had a great time so far this April playing with the Fiddles on Fire festival at The Sage Gateshead and Kings Place in London.

At the start of May you can catch us in Gloucestershire and Dorset, and we're really looking forward to appearing at Bath International Music Festival on the 4th and 5th of June.

Details for all our upcoming gigs can be found on the gigs page.

• News - October 2008

With Autumn well underway we're back from our exhilarating tour with Kerr Fagan Harbron and are making plans for our 2009 Methera outings.

After a day of rehearsal to explore new collaborative music we set out this October with Kerr Fagan Harbron to play to full houses around the country, culminating in a fantastic night at The Sage Gateshead. It was great for us to have an opportunity to use Methera's sound within the 7-piece ensemble and many thanks to all of you who came to hear this brand new music. You can read a great review of our gig at the National Centre for Early Music here.

We've still got lots of dates to confirm for 2009 but will hopefully be playing in London in April, Bradford-upon-Avon in May and Bath in June. Join our mailing list if you'd like to make sure you hear about our upcoming gigs.

• News - September 2008 •

The debut Methera album has been reveiwed in the current issues of both Songlines and the English Dance & Song magazine - go to the reviews page to read the full text.

With October fast approaching make sure you've got our tour dates in your diary! We're really looking forward to some magical collaboration with Kerr Fagan Harbron so have a look through our dates on the gigs page and see if you'll be able to join us.

•News - July 2008 •

The debut Methera album received a rave review in the latest issue of FiddleOn magazine:
�Methera choose and compose the most wonderful tunes, their string sound is sweet and clean, their decorations are subtle and expressive, their rhythms are exciting, catchy and quirky, their pure intonation makes even the most extreme discords sound fantastic, and their arrangements are original, uncompromising and clever. They make those strings ring and shout, and they make them whisper and melt. They can do a jaunty, jolly tune set, or create an almost mystical mood in which time almost stops. It doesn�t get better than this!�

Tracks from the album will be played on BBC Radio on several occasions in the next few weeks. If you've not yet got hold of a copy of the album then have a listen! We're on Radio 3's Late Junction on Thursday 17th July and again on Thursday 7th August. For those of you who haven't heard it, Late Junction is an amazing mix of music brilliantly presented by Verity Sharp and starts at 11.15pm. You can also hear us if you �listen again� to last nights programme using the BBC iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cdcp9

The album is due to be reviewed on Radio 3�s World Routes on Saturday 19th July, starting at 3.00pm. Hope you can listen out, or listen again!