Sheelanagig + Buffo's Wake + Nine Dead Mice

Fail Better Presents

SHEELANAGIG

Sheelanagig for nearly two decades have brought their array of foot-stomping folk tunes to audiences across the globe. A quintet with a well-stocked armoury of stringed instruments– guitar, fiddle, double bass – with the added energy of flute and drums and a bagful of joint-jumping tunes, these fine musicians create a real dynamic which is inherent in both their furious dance medleys as well as their thoughtfully arranged original pieces.

Putting the groove into a selection of traditional and original European Folk music dating from the medieval times to present day, it’s difficult – nay, impossible – for your limbs to remain stationary when you’re within earshot of them in full flight. The fact that they often play with a knowing wink shouldn’t obscure their impeccable technique, and unique musicianship that raises the roof in every corner of the world they have visited.

BUFFO’S WAKE
Buffo's Wake is a twelve-legged beast, hatched in the murky backwater of Brighton.

Armed with accordions, violins and buckets full of gusto they waltz, tango, mosh and kolo their way through a vast array of influences from Eastern European folk, Balkan Brass and Russian folk, to punk rock and cabaret.

NINE DEAD MICE
English, Celtic and European folk for the 21st century.