Wheeler Street
supported by Ember
Saturday July 26th - 8.00pm Town Hall - £10.00
Sponsored by The Cornmill
Wheeler Street are young and boisterous, highly original and inventive. If you think you don't like folk music this is the band that's going to change your mind.
Wheeler Street are one of the rising stars of the UK folk scene. A seven piece festival band of 17-19 year olds, Wheeler Street will play several major UK festivals this summer including Cambridge, Broadstairs and Bromyard. They combine all the energy of the most raucous of folk songs with an inspired bass and a full drum kit, arriving on the scene like a young Levellers determined to get the party started.
Although all the members of the band now live in the Maidstone area, they bring to their sound influences from all around the UK and further afield. Ben comes from Newcastle and is of Irish parentage. Toby and Jon both have Scottish as well as English blood. Sophy was born in Australia and is also half Scottish.
The band works so well because each and every member is fiercely passionate about the music they perform. They are committed to playing and singing with integrity and with utter respect to the tradition, but they also LOVE a good time and are one of the most entertaining and fun bands that are currently on the folk scene.
Folk rock? - there are elements of rock music but also you can hear influences of funk, jazz, pop, reggae and all types of dance music, all firmly rooted in the folk tradition.
You can hear tracks at www.myspace.com/wheelerstreet.
And see a live performance here on YouTube.
Firm Fringe favourites Ember mark four years at the Fringe with the recent release of a fourth CD. Versatile Welsh musician Emily and American troubadour Rebecca are tonight joined by Dutch percussionist Job Verweijen.
