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Sweet and dark a cappella, from uplifting gospel to twisted tales of creation and death. Four voices that will send a shiver down your spine. |
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Minniemoosika |
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A riot of eastern
European influences belted out with fiddle and clarinet in a mix of klezmer
and wry songs. One of the most uplifting musical experiences around. |
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Poke |
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Two drummers,
full brass section, fronted by Hank Williams gone bad and a Las Vegas
showgirl with a pair of shears. Songs that bite. It's as mad and full-on
as it sounds. |
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Tegwen
Roberts |
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Delicate
and powerful female vocal and guitar in a variety of musical soundscapes.
Songs with atmosphere and depth. This is the real thing. |
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Treebeard
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Kings of 'heavy wood',
folking up rock music. Any band whose fiddler plays 'Devil went down to
Georgia' through a fuzz box in a cheap devil mask has to have something
going for it. Drink beer and act like an idiot. |
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Roger
the Badger |
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Driving ceilidh band
who nail the rhythms to the dancefloor. Fiery fiddle and razor sharp backing.
No one gives trad dance music more lift and energy. |
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Keith
Hinchliffe |
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Astonishing acoustic guitarist,
delivering peerless, delicately sculpted solo guitar from O'Carolan to
early English music and beyond. World class. Check out his amazing recordings. |
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Boggart's
Breakfast |
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No hanky waving here,
but a full on bunch of garishly costumed freaks getting right in your
face in a border Morris frenzy. Traditional dancing like it should be
- loud, proud and brash. |
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Mr
Fox |
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A sinister, spectacular
reinvention of the dark side of English dance woven into a sombre and,
frankly, frightening ritual event. Massed ranks of masked figures by torchlight
- they'll scare you to death. |
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Schelmish |
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Germans with huge pipes and drums driving unhinged medieval dance music. As mad and big as it sounds. |
