Gigspanner Big Band in Masham

Gigspanner Big Band
Masham Town Hall, Masham
Tuesday 29th October 2024, £27.50
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"Spectacular 5***** - R2 Magazine

The Gigspanner Big Band are a unique force in British folk music...

Their high-energy, virtuosic performances appeal equally to traditionalists and to those looking for something more experimental, and they have garnered praise from publications as varied as fRoots, The Telegraph and The Wire, where they were described as melodically folk-rooted yet open and innovative beyond the constraints of genre

Beginning life as a trio - with legendary Steeleye Span fiddle player Peter Knight being joined by percussionist Sacha Trochet and guitarist Roger Flack - the line-up has been expanded to form the Gigspanner Big Band, with acclaimed multi-instrumental duo Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin - BBC Folk Awards 'Best Duo'), and Bellowhead co-founder and melodeon player extraordinaire, John Spiers, joining the fray.

While Peter Knight, as part of Steeleye Spans classic 1970s line-up, helped invent a brand of folk rock that is still influential today, John Spiers, with Bellowhead and a host of other projects, has had an equally profound impact on the landscape of traditional music over the last two decades.

Characterised by riotous inventiveness, technically gifted individual playing and subtle collaborative interaction, this coming together of several of the biggest names on the folk-roots scene combines a deep knowledge of roots traditions with a ceaselessly boundary pushing approach.

Utterly thrilling - Northern Soul

Tickets £25, available online here or at Masham Community Office, 01765-680200.

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