Live and Local gigs are coming in thick and fast! We're looking forward to getting out and about in Derby and hope to see some of you along the way! 

A great gig in a great venue!!! October 11th....

Hosted By:
The Old Dance School

When:
30 April 2009

Where:
Ariel Centre
Totnes
TQ9 5JX.

Description:
"Acclaimed for their uplifting, grooving show, The Old Dance School bring together thrilling arrangements of European folk music and self-penned tracks to craft a diverse and explosive set. Joined by BBC2 Young Folk Award Finalists Jack McNeil and Charlie Heys this is set to be a great night of live music to get your feet tapping!"

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The album was reviewed in this months fRoots - it went a little like this...


Now then, this is lively and proves that time spent with ex-Albion professor Joe Broughton is time well spent. The Old Dance School are products of the Conservatoire Folk Ensemble, the unit Mr Broughton leads in his academic capacity. Here he also oversees production, his students having given him plenty to work with. The arrangements are full of hints and signposts to his styles, f'r instance the swooping runs, the sudden stop-starts in the fiddle lines.

The band themselves are 6 strong- three lasses three lads-who pick freely from British folk sources to compile tracks: songs from Scotland, jigs from Ireland, inspiration from Wales and England. Whilst they claim a percentage of influence from world music, apart from percussion its Brit trad that chieftly comes across, a thudding bass driving the tunes that have the most impact. Mostly the work of fiddle players Helen Lancaster and Samantha Norman, in particular Rosemann Bridge a slow air of distinction has a tenderness at its core whilst as you might expect the dances leap about with the lithe vigour of a whirling dervish.

Catch them on the road next spring in their own right or as part of a package with Mcneill and Heys. Bet the after-show jamming will be something to be heard!

Oh, and we're really happy to have had another play on the Bob Harris Saturday show - Bob played Rosemann Bridge and said it was "beautiful, delicate music"... Thanks Bob!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEJsTyHYBus