A unique force in British folk music set to take to the stage at The Apex
Gigspanner began life as a trio – with legendary Steeleye Span fiddle player Peter Knight, percussionist Sacha Trochet and guitarist Roger Flack.
The line-up has since been expanded to form the Gigspanner Big Band (pictured above), with BBC Folk Awards “Best Duo” winners, Edgelarks and Bellowhead co-founder and melodeon player John Spiers and they are to appear at The Apex, in Bury St Edmunds, towards the end of this month.
As part of Steeleye Span’s classic 1970s line-up, Peter Knight helped to invent a brand of folk rock that remains influential today.
With Bellowhead, John Spiers has had an equally profound impact on the traditional music landscape over the last two decades.
This coming together of several of the biggest names on the folk-roots scene is characterised by technically gifted individual playing and collaborative inventiveness, with self-penned material alongside music rooted in the British Isles and beyond.
Their high-energy, virtuosic performances appeal equally to traditionalists and to those looking for something more experimental.
The Gigspanner Big Band will play The Apex in Bury St Edmunds on Monday, October 26, at 7.30pm.
See www.theapex.co.uk or ring 01284 758000 for more information or to book tickets.