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Tony Hall

Tony Hall is a self-taught melodeon player form Beccles Suffolk, who has been playing since 1952 (aged 11). He has performed as a backing musician to several worthies in the folk world including:
-Maddy Prior and June Tabor's "Silly Sisters" album
-Nic Jones' "Penguin Egg"s album
-Backing people such as Shirley Collins, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood and The Kipper Family on albums. His solo album "Field Vole Music" is considered something of a classic of English melodeon music.

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Hekety

Hekety are an eceilidh band formed in 1997 in Sheffield. Some members also play in Crucible and GloryStrokes amongst others

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Whapweasel

British folk, English Ceilidh dance band. Very good to listen to, rather hard to dance to sometimes! Great fun music. Website: http://www.whapweasel.com/

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Blowzabella

Blowzabella produce an inimitable, driving drone-based sound played with a fabulous sense of melody, rhythmic expertise and sheer feeling. Originally formed in 1978 they have played everywhere from the main stage at Glastonbury Festival to the outer reaches of Brazil and West Africa and innumerable places in between. They compose their own music which is influenced by British and European traditional dance music. Many bands across Europe who experiment with the boundaries of folk music cite Blowzabella as a major influence.

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Chalktown

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Andy Cutting

Andy Cutting is a rarity. A musician's musician: a soulful and technically outstanding melodeon practitioner with an ear for a fine tune. Many of his tunes have been purloined along the way: some considered contemporary classics on the folk scene. But then, Andy is also a warm and emotive performer, modestly engaging his audiences with his self-deprecating wit and then flooring them with downright staggering musicianship. There are few melodeon players who put so much feeling into their playing, whether it be a set of dance tunes, or accompaniment to a slow English ballad.

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