Harriet Bartlett

Harriet Bartlett, from Shrewsbury, has been playing the piano accordion for eight years, adding vocals to her performance over the past two years. Originally classically trained on accordion, Harriet moved into folk because of her love of Celtic music. Harriet feels privilged to have had lessons and taken part in workshops with a number of accordion greats, including Karen Tweed, Phil Cunningham and Ian Lowthian but at the same time has gone on to develop her own style.

Winner of the coveted 'Danny Kyle Award' at Celtic Connections 2003 and 'In The Tradition Awards' 2001, discussions began early in 2003 between Harriet and Greentrax Recordings and 'Eyes Wide Open' was recorded in Glasgow in September under the guiding hand of producer Phil Cunningham, MBE.