Folk, Roots & Traditional Music - Musicians' Union

Wicker Sunday Formed in 2008 from the
corners of Middle England,
uniting Ben Liverman (Guitar and Vox),
Rebecca Liverman (Saxophone and
B.Vox), Eddie Hodgkinson (Drums) and
Dave Coxon (Bass).
Playing an infectious cocktail of Post-
Punk Rock, Wicker Sunday create their
sound with progressive sax breaks,
creative bass lines, aggressive drums and
then top it all off with effervescent guitar
riffs and thought provoking lyrics.
Corrina is a singer/harper from the
Highlands of Scotland, now resident
in Edinburgh. She has a stunningly
individual voice, dark and emotional,
which resonates with Scotland’s musical
tradition.
Nominated Instrumentalist of the Year
2004 at the Scottish Traditional Music
Awards, Corrina has toured across the
world, combining traditional-style music
with contemporary attitude. She codirects
the 22 piece Scottish Folk big
band ‘The Unusual Suspects’ with
David Milligan, nominated for Best Live
Act 2005, while also touring with
Kathryn Tickell and a vocal trio with
Karine Polwart & Annie Grace due to
release an album within the year.
A versatile and exciting musician,
performer and composer, she loves
collaborating and is always looking to
push the boundaries of expectation and
ability.
Wicker Sunday
W : www.wickersunday.com
www.myspace.com/wickersunday
E : info@wickersunday.com
T : +44 (0) 7980 633 609
Drawing their influences from bands
including The Levellers, Alterbridge,
The Cult, The Who, X-Ray Spex and
Rage Against The Machine, Wicker
Sunday burn brightly with their eclectic,
musical background. With standout
tracks like ‘Rotaway Town’, The Father’
and ‘The Funny Thing is’ look out for
Wicker Sunday, it’s the best day of the
week.
Corrina Hewat
W : www.corrinahewat.com
www.myspace.com/corrinahewat
E : info@corrinahewat.com
T : +44 (0) 7711 512 692
Tinderbox
W : www.tinderboxacoustic.com
www.myspace.com/
tinderboxacoustic
E : info@tinderboxacoustic.com
T : +44 (0) 7984 302 191
Tinderbox are an acoustic folk/pop duo
featuring Monique Houraghan with a
distinctive ‘honey-like’ vocal, and
Dan Tucker with an intricate finger style
guitar technique.
After 4 creative years living in Dublin
between 1997 and 2001 the duo spent
2 years travelling the world. During
this time they performedd in countries
ranging from Germany, Hong Kong
and Fiji, to New Zealand, Australia and
Thailand. May 2008 saw the release
of Tinderbox’s third Studio album.
‘Golden’ was launched at Centre Stage
in Bournemouth, to a record-breaking
audience. and has already received
numerous excellent reviews.
Maverick Magazine recently described
‘Golden’ as “Quite inspirational really...
a bit of a masterpiece”. Maverick went on
to describe Tinderbox as “Poised to ignite
the acoustic folk world”.
The Unusual
Suspects
W : www.unusualsuspects.uk.com
www.myspace.com/
unusualsuspectsscotland
E : info@unusualsuspects.uk.com
T : +44 (0) 7711 512 692
+44 (0) 7702 073 077
Scotland’s Folk Big Band
The Unusual Suspects are a phenomenon
all to themselves. “A beautiful noise.
A jigging, reeling juggernaut... brilliantly
arranged – the putative ‘Scottish National
Folk Orchestra’ walloped off the main
auditorium stage in sound waves that
thumped into your chest with the impact of
a benign piledriver” according to The Herald.
With a group ranging in numbers from
17 to 32, with fiddles, pipes, accordions,
harp, piano, guitars, voices, trumpets, sax
and trombone, drums, percussion and
bass, what more could you want from
an extravangantic big band such as the
Unusual Suspects.
“What a total, massive, glorious blast it
turned out to be... awesome power –
a harmonious, often uproarious dance
between full-throttle rampage and
orchestrated finess.”
– The Scotsman
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