The Bands

Band Notes URL
ALL BLACKED UP
2005 April Saxmundham		 Back to finish the season for a 3rd time in succession     — need we say more…….
www.allblackedup.co.uk
GLOWORMS
2004 Oct Norwich
2005 March Saxmundham		 London based trio playing traditional English banjo, fiddle and accordian. The repertoire consists of primarily English but with some of their own tunes thrown in.
www.gloworms.org.uk
HODMEDOD
2008 March Norwich		 A four piece band with fiddle, accordion, piano and double bass.  Traditional tunes from across Europe, with improvisation. Freshly produced, organic, local musicians.  
HOSEPIPE BAND
2004 Nov Saxmundham
2004 Dec Norwich		 The Hosepipe Band is an established East Anglian dance band playing traditional and newly composed tunes, rhythmic and melodic. Their highly original sound combines British and European influences.
The band has recently released their fourth CD—Hells Bells with all but one track composed by members of the band.		 www.hosepipe.dial.pipex.com
KATIES QUARTET
2005 Feb Saxmundham		 This band provides spiky rhythms from cello and banjo overlaid by the mellow sounds of a true East Anglian dulcimer, and the four stop single row melodeon. The band is based in Suffolk and much of their material comes from traditional players of East Anglia. The band has performed together for many years and has performed at many festivals and ceilidhs across the country.
info@eatmt.fsnet.co.uk
METRIC FOOT BAND
2005 Sept Saxmundham

Metric Foot are a 5 piece band, based in Essex.  The line up is Fiddle, English concertina, mandolin, guitar, harmonica, bass, drums and percussion.   

The band members were all previously involved in other well-known Essex dance outfits, namely Lumps of Plum Pudding, Bass instincts, Proud Aardvark and Rodeo Times. Since the formation of Metric Foot in the late 1980s they have been in constant demand. They have played at Sidmouth, Broadstairs, Wadebridge, Walton, all over the South East plus Belgium and Germany.  

Metric foot offer a varied and enjoyable evenings dancing with a mix of Essex originals, old favourites and some more eclectic choices which are both fun and interesting. The emphasis is not only on the figures but also, rather fittingly, on the feet! They also have an extensive repertoire of tunes to match the dances, including many band originals.  

“..excellent selection of original tunes.” fRoots
“..sees the heart of English folk music is alive and very well.”  The Living Tradition  

Their fourth album ‘Devotion to Motion’ has recently been released and will be on sale on the opening night of the new season of Reel Dance Ceilidhs (September 4th).
mick.gravesa@btopenworld.com
PEEPING TOM
2004 Oct Saxmundham		 Long awaited return for these national favourites from Coventry. Highly regarded for their tight and powerful music.  
RANDOM
2004 Dec Saxmundham		 The six guys who are Random bring their vast experience of all kinds of folk and dance music to this exhilarating band. Their gutsy, melodic, folk-rock interpretation of tunes with traditional roots, creates scintillating but subtle ceilidh music that will make you dance.

Saul Rose toured worldwide with Waterson:Carthy and now joins up with Paul Nye to bring two very exciting melodeon-playing talents together.  Add the classy bass guitar of keith Holloway, the guitar rhythms of Ian Woledge, the matchell bass trombone harmonies of Glynn Burch, and the rock-solid drumming of Roger Smith, and you’ve got the unique RANDOM sound. 

The caller for Random on the December 4th  will be Barry Goodman. Well known as a compere at  Simouth, Towersey, Cheltenham and Chippenham Folk Festivals, Barry is a member of folk song duo Life and Times  as well as playing and calling with his own band, Time of Your Life. He also works with some  of the top ceilidh bands as caller, including Grand Union, Moondance  and , of course, Random.
www.randomband-agency.com

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