The honest truth of acoustic roots.
Wooden Horse strips Americana down to its raw timber. No digital sheen, no backing tracks—just two voices, a resonator guitar, and an upright bass.
Grown from timber and dust
We met in the drafty backrooms of northern England’s folk clubs, bonded by a mutual obsession with the pre-war Delta blues. Our partnership is built on decades of shared road, worn frets, and a deep reverence for the pioneers who carved this music out of the earth.
We don't play for the polished galleries. We play for the low-lit rooms where the floorboards vibrate under a heavy heel. Every song is an unvarnished story told through hand-worn wood and steel.
Worn wood and resonant steel
Our sound is defined by the physical limits of our instruments. No synthesizers, no digital modeling. Just raw acoustic resonance.
The 1930s Resonator
A heavy brass-bodied guitar that carries the metallic bite and hollow-body resonance of the Mississippi Delta. Its voice is raw, unvarnished, and cuts through low-lit rooms like a siren.
The Upright Bass
Carved from hand-worn European spruce, this instrument provides the warm, woody heartbeat of our sound. It vibrates the dusty floorboards, anchoring the storytelling with deep, physical resonance.
Moments from the road
An intimate look into low-lit rooms, empty soundchecks, and the quiet spaces between the chords.