We started out in 1993 - with members from the defunct Bass Instincts and Harkeles - and, with one or two changes of personnel, have been going ever since. We play mainly for dancing - for a wide range of events: weddings, parties, public dances, festivals, clubs etc. A four- or five-piece, depending on the event, the line-up is Electric bass, Mandola, Diatonic accordeon, Hurdy-gurdy, Wind (Bagpipes, Recorders, Flute, Wind-controller, Bombarde), and Percussion. Our repertoire is an eclectic mixture of traditional English, Scottish, Irish, French, Breton tunes and new material composed in the traditional idiom. To date we have recorded four albums, all of which are still available in various formats: Waltzing for Pleasure and Profit (1994); Landslide (1998); Polstead Meadow (1999); and Hell's Bells (2002).

Album: Kettleburgh Fete

Tracklist

   1. Speed the Plough / Hampstead Heath [Trad. / Haines]
   2. Manchester Hornpipe / Pin Mill [Trad. / Woollard]
   3. Fork in the Road / Kevin's Kitchen[Woollard / Woollard]
   4. Curly-Headed Ploughboy / Duke of Lewes [Trad. / Haines]
   5. Nutley Waltz / Piltdown Waltz [Trad. / Haines]
   6. May's Hornpipe / Jet's Hornpipe [Woollard / Woollard]
   7. Smash the Windows / The Chequers Jig [Trad. / Haines]
   8. Jumping Jo / Knick Knack [Haines / Trad.]
   9. Newick March / Andrew's March [Haines / Dagg]
  10. Basil's Jig / Sybil's Jig [Haines / Haines]
  11. Harry Gidley's Waltz / Kettleburgh Waltz [Trad. / Haines]
  12. Becky's July Jigs 1 & 2 [Haines / Haines]

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