Ferris & Sylvester are a British folk duo from London.[1] The group consists of Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester.[2] In 2019, they were named as one of Rolling Stone's Americana artists to watch;[3] their debut album, released in 2022,[4] won "UK Album of the Year" at the 2023 UK Americana Awards.
The duo met in 2016 as solo musicians, working London's gigging circuit, and started writing together.[5]
The duo released their debut EP, The Yellow Line, in 2017; it was produced by Youth at his Space Mountain Studios.[1] Their second EP, Made in Streatham, was released in 2018, with the single "London's Blues" rising to number 14 on Spotify's UK Viral Chart. Their third EP, I Should Be on a Train, was released in 2020, followed by a live EP, Live at Real World Studios, in 2021.[citation needed]
In 2022, the duo released their debut album, Superhuman.[6] The album debuted at No.1 in the UK's Official Jazz and Blues Album Chart[7] and won UK Album of the Year at the 2023 Americana Awards.[8]
Their second studio album, Otherness was released in March 2024. The 14-track album, released through their own label Archtop Records, was recorded at the duo's studio to a 1960s tape machine.[citation needed]
