About

Hazjak are Lynne O'Malley and Steve Chapman Smith, both well-known and respected musicians on the Northern acoustic scene.

Together they play an eclectic style of Americana, Roots and Folk music with close harmonies. Their live performances are filled with passion and storytelling, but also laughter and fun.

Steve - vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, bass, Lynne - vocals, banjo, guitar, whistle, piano, harmonica.

Hazjak have released two albums to date - "Listerville" in Dec 2020 and “The City Sleeps” in Nov 2023, both to great critical acclaim.

Excellent instrumental skills, impressive harmony vocals and heartfelt delivery - Dave Haslam, R and R magazine March 2024

Voices in sparkling harmony... a plethora of instruments, they are both talented multi-instrumentalists... an electric performance! Hazjak, a class original and unique act - Tony Haynes FAB Folk and Beyond, Tempo FM Jan 2023

A highly talented duo, excellent songs, superb musicianship and harmonies in abundance - Tykes Stirrings, 2021

High calibre musicianship. Roots based music of the finest kind. They write raw and penetrating songs of truth and heart-rending stories to stir your souls - Ian Mayor, Drystone Radio

 

Pete Dilley is a singer/songwriter from the North-East, before absconding to Kendal, Hebden Bridge, and now Todmorden, West Yorkshire. Pete works in Bradford.

With a background in Classics and Heritage, his songs are primarily based in the folk idiom, and explore his passion for the natural world and history.

He plays guitar, lap steel, banjo, and bouzouki, and will have a bash at most others too! His latest album, 'Half-Truths and Hearsay', (2021) recorded in Kendal, features an array of Lakeland talent. It has been praised by Steve Tilston and Martin Simpson.

Pete has opened for the likes of Ralph McTell, Emily Barker and Marry Waterson, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Dr Feelgood. He is currently 1/4 of the band Living with Machines who released an album of forgotten strike ballads after a commission between Leeds City Museum and the British Library. The eponymous debut album was released in 2024.