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A startlingly intense reunion from this legendary, ground-breaking duo. All the old skills are demonstrated with a new collection of traditional songs and instrumentals. Their experienced approach to their art lacks none of the fervour of their early days, and brings a maturity born of many years living with the music that is an integral part of their beings.

"Intense and demanding, this is hard core traditional music. Sublime fiddle playing and the passionate delivery of evocative old songs by their ablest interpretor." Telegraph

"The super-duo are back together after 14 years." The Guardian
"Swarbrick is an absolute revelation here, as instinctively sympathetic and wickedly inspirational as he ever was. It’s like they were a couple of twenty somethings again. To hear Swarb bowing with such soul and tenderness and dynamism too is an unconditional joy." fRoots

plus live poetry with Fernando Messias.

"Claudia Aurora enraptures with the spine-tingling emotion of her powerful, mournful Fado torch songs..." St.George's Bristol

  “…technically the best singer in Bristol…” Venue magazine

The Urban Folk Quartet

From the heady mix of traditional tunes of England and Spain to the
vibrant fusion rhythms of the Birmingham scene come The Urban Folk Quartet.

The band consists of demon fiddle players Joe Broughton (Albion Band,
Feast of Fiddles) and Paloma Trigas (Carlos Nunez) with the
irrepressible multi instrumentalist Frank Moon and storming rhythms from
Tom Chapman.

Having been discovered in their teens by legendary artists The Albion
band and Carlos Nunez respectively, Joe and Paloma’s careers have in
many ways taken parallel paths both gaining much experience touring the
world. In 2004 they performed their first fiddle duet together to great
acclaim and so the seeds for The Urban Folk Quartet were born.

Joe and Frank met at The Birmingham Conservatoire School of Music and

Tickets avialable from  http://www.ashkeysmusic.co.uk

Kathryn Tickell is a composer and performer whose work is deeply connected to the landscape and people of Northumbria. Since her first album release in 1986 she has toured extensively throughout the UK and abroad. As well as composing her own music she has collaborated with artists as diverse as Sting, Andy Sheppard, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, to name a few. As founder of the Young Musicians' Fund, Artistic Director of Folkestra, and newly-appointed Artistic Director of Folkworks, she has a real commitment to young musicians in the north east of England. In 2009 she was awarded the Queen's Medal for Music, awarded to artists judged to have made outstanding contributions to British music. She performs regularly with The Kathryn Tickell Band and earlier this year worked with Sting on his new album, to be followed by performances in Europe and the US. Kathryn Tickell is a genuine voice for Northumbrian traditional music and continues to bring her wealth of creativity to audiences worldwide.

Tickets available from http://www.ashkeysmusic.co.uk

Ground breaking Scottish mavericks who push the word 'traditional' to it's limits with their unique blend of dance vibes and roots music. Nominated for best band in the Songlines magazine music award  2010 Shooglenifty have a reputation as one of the most exciting live acts on the UK folk scene.

Over the past dozen or so years Shooglenifty’s unique twist on trad has won them an extensive and devoted fanbase not only across Europe, the US and Australasia, but as far afield as India, Malaysia and Japan.

“…still the original and best.” The Scotsman