GENRE:
Ceilidh. In other words, happy energetic non-stop danceable Folk, World, Roots. Outrageously foot-stomping tunes from this Newcastle based four-piece who mix quirky tunes with beats and attitude. Elegant traditional playing versus raucous rave-like rhythms reveals arrangements to ignite the dance floor.
MORE ABOUT:
The Monster Ceilidh Band is a fresh, new Newcastle-based ceilidh band fusing the traditional with the modern. The Monsters are starting a revolution in Newcastle. Beginning as a humble ceilidh band, they used their collected knowledge of different styles and genres to form new ways of playing traditional and contemporary music. The Monsters decided to organize monthly ceilidhs in Newcastle to bring folk music to a wider audience. As each ceilidh grew in attendance the Monsters grew from strength to strength. Now the band is formidable – spending more and more time arranging and composing new music that demands attention! Drawing on a wealth of combined knowledge they excite, uplift and entertain masterfully. Having played alongside each other in an array of different line-ups, the monsters create a lively stage show which they skillfully translate to the dance floor.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY:
- “Make Me A Dancer” (2009)
PRESS REVIEWS:
“An energetic first album from Monster Ceilidh Band, a talented four piece from the Borders… Combining traditional and very good modern tunes the album crackles along very merrily indeed” (Martin Pain, Bright Young Folk)
“The coolest ceilidh band around” (Kathryn Tickell)
“A Godzilla of a band with talent as deep as loch ness!” (Jez Lowe)
“The Monsters really stepped up the energy when they played the National Forest Folk Festival with two outrageously foot stomping sets. The hit of the whole festival without a shadow of a doubt” (Mike Scott – National Forest Folk Festival)
“Outrageously foot stomping sounds” (Off the Tracks Festival)
“An album of twists and turns and infectious charm, anarchic ceilidh for a riotous generation” (Aidan O’Rourke, LAU)
LINKS:
www.monsterceilidhband.co.uk
www.myspace.com/monsterceilidhband
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