Bands
| Band | Notes | Web Site or Contact |
| BARLEY MOW 2011 Oct Norwich |
Based in Norfolk the
band plays mainly traditional English, Scottish and Irish folk tunes. Core instruments are fiddle, accordion and electric bass guitar with inclusion of tin whistle, recorder, tambourine, bass drum and lyre. Featured on BBC Radio Norfolk and Look East; the band have their own caller. |
Hear Barley Mow on Myspace |
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BEATROOT 2012 Jan Norwich |
Beatroot have been providing top quality Ceilidh entertainment for the last fifteen years. The current core group consists of Fiddle (Paul Keeler), Keyboards (Ivan Garford), Double Bass (John Preston),principal caller and sometime kitchen implement consultant (ie Percussionist!) is the fleet footed Derek Paice. The band's music is taken from various cultures, principally England, Ireland and ;France but also further afield. They are currently incorporating some of their own compositions as well, and have produced a mini CD for 2008 featuring Guitar and Clarinet, exploring ever new directions... |
Hear Beatroot on MySpace |
| BRIC A BRAC |
3 piece band containing Double Bass, Rhythm guitar, Fiddle | |
| Ethel's Cats 2011 Sept Norwich |
Cambridgeshire based
band with melodeon, concertina and sousaphone. The name comes from one of the dances of Pig Dyke Molly of which the band are all members. |
Ethel's Cats' website |
| FENDRAGON | Based in Cambridge, the band plays traditional English folk music, with some Irish, Scottish, French and American influences. Fiddle, flute/recorder, melodeon and piano | Fendragon website |
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Four Hand Band 2012 February Norwich |
Mary Humpreys and Anahata play music that is the product of years of research looking for good English tunes that are perfect for this type of dancing. They play with joyful, bouncy energy, tunes that were designed to get you on your feet and your feet off the floor! | Four Hand Band website |
| HODMEDOD 2012 Apr |
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 2012 March Norwich |
The Colchester-based Hosepipe Band is an electro-acoustic barn dance band playing traditional and newly composed material. Rhythmic and melodic, the band's sound mixes British and European influences | website with sound tracks |
| KATIES QUARTET 2011 Dec Norwich |
Katie’s Quartet have been playing for ceilidhs and barn dances, parties and weddings, clubs and festivals for many years. As well as working over the whole of East Anglia, the band has also performed up and down the country from Cornwall to Lancashire. Much of the band’s material come from the traditional players of Suffolk and Norfolk, but tunes from Quebec and even Australia are also part of the current repertoire. The band’s style is lively and ultimately danceable, with spiky cello and banjo rhythms overlaid by the distinctive and high-energy sounds of the single row melodeon and mouthorgan. | info@eatmt.fsnet.co.uk |
| Karen Tweed |
"I play a 72 bass Pigini piano accordion supplied by the Music Room, Cleckheaton Yorkshire England and sometimes the melodica. Irish traditional music was my first love, but I've also delved into Scottish, Swedish, Danish and the music of New England through some great collaborations down the years.... and between tours I teach both privately and at workshops and folk degree courses. " | Karen Tweed's website |
| KEEL BAND 2012 Feb Norwich |
A five piece folk band based in Norfolk, performs mainly English folk music—reels, hornpipes and punchy marches. We love their step hops. A regular favourite at KH ceilidhs. | Contact: 01263 577885 |
| THE NEWS OF THE VICTORY |
The NotV weaves a hypnotic wall of sound from almost exclusively original, but trad-sounding, melodies marinated in the rock, jazz and classical influences of six skilled East Anglian musicians who won’t leave well enough alone. Voice, violin, guitar, keyboards, bass drums and percussion. | website |
| RED HERRINGS | Play a diverse range of melodies and songs from Canadian, Cajun, New England, Irish, Scottish, English, French and Scandanavian sources. Instruments include melodians, mandolin, triangle, fiddles, guitar, piano, recorders, whistle, clarinet, saxophone and musical saw. | Red Herrings website |
| RIG-A-JIG-JIG | Specialize in Norfolk tunes and dances. The band includes fiddle, mouthorgan, ukulele, melodeon, dulcimer and banjo players | |
| Skylarking 2012 May |
Skylarking website | |
| STOOKEY BLUE 2011 November Norwich |
Facebook page |