New Rope String Band (The)
“What on earth was that!?”
“It’s cabaret, but it’s folk music…”
Most people struggle to adequately describe the New Rope experience… preferring to drag their friends along to the next gig so that they too can witness the strange spectacle.
The New Rope String Band is made of four talented musicians, playing beautiful and invigorating acoustic music from various traditions around the world. Anyone familiar with the Old Rope String Band will recall experienced old-hands Pete Challoner and Tim Dalling, who have now joined forces with respected old-time musicians Jock Tyldesley and Vera van Heeringen. Between them, the foursome sing, dance and play their hearts out on fiddles, guitar, piano accordion, mandolin, and anything else that comes to hand.
Despite this evident musical prowess and sophistication, most audiences choose to laugh at them! The New Rope’s inimitable show delights all the senses, except, perhaps, smell. Expect gorgeous music, exuberant theatrics and boundless energy – what could possibly go wrong?
Most people enjoy the New Ropes, a lot. Including us - we saw them at the Shetland Folk Festival in 2009, and had to have them entertain Orkney this year!
more @ www.newropestringband.co.uk
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