Characterised by riotous inventiveness, technically gifted individual playing and subtle collaborative interaction, this coming together of several of the biggest names on the folk-roots scene combines a deep knowledge of roots traditions with a ceaselessly boundary pushing approach.
Featuring melodeon player John Spiers (Bellowhead, Spiers and Boden), percussionist Sacha Trochet, guitarist Roger Flack and acclaimed multi-instrumental duo Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin).
“With the Gigspanner Big Band, Peter Knight has assembled a group of musicians intent on making some of the most important and exhilarating art ever to sit under the banner of folk music” – FRUK.