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There are currently two artists with this name: 1. The Common - Pioneers of 'Geek-Hop', THE COMMON came together at the start of 2009 after the four guys met at a local open mic night run by Mike Brown the singer/MC and Richard Berner the guitarist. After playing what was thought to be a one-off gig with drummer Scott Walker & bassist Neil Downton, the band thought they should play together more often.

A young and vibrant addition to the folk scene, Threepenny Bit folk and ceilidh band was formed from an unlikely combination of student-types in Southampton in 2010. Consisting of suitcase percussion, fiddle, flute, guitar and clarinet, they play a wide range of Irish, English, Cornish, Breton and Scottish diddly-dee music with a hint of klezmer! Threepenny Bit set the trend for “Half Price Busking” in the Summer of 2010, when they embarked upon a busking campaign to spread folk music to the four corners of Southern England.

Read more about Threepenny Bit on Last.fm.