Peter Knight's Gigspanner

Peter Knight's Gigspanner

at The Arts Centre at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk
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Layers Of Ages Album Launch Tour

Peter Knight's Gigspanner is hailed by Songlines magazine as "another milestone in folk's rebirth of cool". A bedrock of British traditional music, Gigspanner's musical reach also flirts with Eastern European, French, Cajun, African and even Aboriginal influences.

Peter's musicianship is further enhanced by the flawless playing of Roger Flack on Guitar and Vincent Salzfaas on Congas and Djembe.

Prior to the Historical Dust Album Launch Tour: The New Forresters by Dave Praties, FREE event in The Arts Centre Red Bar at 7:30pm.

As part of his MA studies, Edge Hill University student Dave Praties will present a snap shot of a radio ballad, produced using techniques developed in the 1950's by Charles Parker and Ewan MacColl. Recorded voices, woven with newly written songs and traditional music, tell the story of the newcomers to the Cumbrian forest who have moved in to fill the gap left by the old dynasties of rural craft workers.

Peter Knight's Gigspanner

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In the wake of his departure from Steeleye Span, fiddle player Peter Knight has turned his full attention to his trio Gigspanner, and in the process…

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The Arts Centre at Edge Hill University

Edge Hill University
St. Helens Road
Ormskirk
L39 4QP

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The Arts Centre at Edge Hill University

Edge Hill University
St. Helens Road
Ormskirk
L39 4QP

See all events at The Arts Centre at Edge Hill University