Bubamara, Paul Handyside

Bubamara are sure to give the night's proceedings a right kick up the Balkans with their East European folk and revolutionary stylings. Sicilian skiffle, Cossack ska, and songs from the hash houses of Greece. Bubamara is truly a high energy Mediterranean infused extravaganza.

Paul Handyside is a folk and roots singer-songwriter. His songwriting style has been compared to artists as varied as Chris Difford, Billy Bragg, Robyn Hitchcock, Green Gartside, Elvis Costello, Jeff Buckley and Martin Carthy.

He began his musical career with eighties indie darlings Hurrah! The jangle-pop band had album releases on Kitchenware and Arista Records from 1982 to 1991 and toured extensively worldwide. During the nineties, he toured and recorded with friend and Kitchenware labelmate Martin Stephenson.