The Devil's Interval

Jim Causley from Devon, Lauren McCormick from Derbyshire, and Emily Portman from Somerset first met during a trailblazing four-year folk and traditional music degree course at Newcastle University in 2002. McCormick played piano and flute from a young age, Causley (who'd already completed a music course at Exeter College) was an accomplished accordion player, and Portman was adept on piano and concertina, but they rarely use any of these talents in the Devil's Interval -- for while others mostly specialized in instrumental music, forming semi-formal groups out of the thriving ...