Tour poster from 2022

Tom Moore and Archie Moss are currently writing a new album for viola, diatonic button accordion and electronics, due to be recorded in 2024.

Widely regarded as two of the best English players and innovators in traditional folk, Moore & Moss’ finely-crafted arrangements wield a rare potency. Having toured and recorded with with some of the biggest and brightest acts in the British folk scene, they now reconvene to perform as duo.

Their second record Spectres further unites the deep and resolute harmony of Moss’s accordion with the texture and flow of Moore’s viola. Whilst intrinsically borrowing from English and other European traditional dance form, sonically Moore and Moss have their heads firmly in the present, understanding the values of contemporary music and art making. The distinct pulse and intuition of trad-music haunts their playing as they continue to quietly reconsider English instrumental music, listening and responding to the world around them as much as their musical ancestors.