Since his inaugural performance with the fledgling Steeleye Span in 1970, Peter Knight has been a stalwart of the British folk scene.
Never a musician to rest on his laurels, Peter has carved a reputation as a questing musician “as mercurial as quicksilver” (Simon Jones/fRoots), and this special and rare concert offers to the opportunity to see him in two of his current line-ups…with the Gigspanner Trio and as a duo with Bellowhead’s co-founder, John Spiers, melodeon player extraordinaire.
Peter Knight's Gigspanner Trio
In the wake of his departure from Steeleye Span, legendary fiddle player Peter Knight turned his full attention to his trio Gigspanner, and established their reputation as one of the most genuinely ground-breaking forces on the British folk scene, inspiring Maverick magazine to write "Gigspanner are pushing at the boundaries, and in the process are making some of the most beautiful music the genre has to offer" 5***** Maverick Magazine
Described by Folk Radio UK as one of the “most quietly brilliant sets of musicians in the folk world and beyond”, they take self-penned material along with music rooted in the British Isles and beyond, and with the flick of a bow, a finely chosen chord or slip of a beat, produce richly atmospheric arrangements “with notes seemingly plucked from the stars and rhythms from the equator” (Spiral Earth).
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