Ian Stephenson is a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist from Selby

Selby

Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby local government district.Historically a part of the West Riding...

 in Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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Ian Stephenson first became known as part of the young folk band the pack, and soon afterwards with 422, a folk group who were the winners of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 1999. Since winning the award, 422 have released 4 albums with the long-established indie folk label Fellside Records.
From 2005 to 2007 he performed with the Kathryn Tickell

Kathryn Tickell

Kathryn Tickell is an English player of the Northumbrian smallpipes and fiddle. She has recorded over a dozen albums, and toured widely.-Life and career:...

 Band. Since 2010 he has been performing alongside flute player Brian Finnegan

Brian Finnegan

Brian Finnegan is a tin whistle and flute player from Armagh, Northern Ireland.Finnegan first came to public attention with the Irish group Upstairs in a Tent, and then in 1993 he made a solo album "When the Party's Over", which was recorded at Redesdale Studios. From 1995 he played with Flook, ....

, fiddle player Aidan O'Rourke and drummer Jim Goodwin in the group KAN.