FiddleBop at HowTheLightGetsIn 2025

FiddleBop play "Gypsy jazz plus" at HowTheLightGetsInFestival 2025, Hay-on-Wye! That's on violin, Spanish guitar, keyboard, fretless bass, and with four voices in harmony 😃

So what is this "Gypsy jazz plus"? Back in the 1930s, the Quintette du Hot Club de France (think Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli) created amazing music based on current and past pop tunes, traditional Gypsy melodies, their own compositions, even some JS Bach. FiddleBop’s music is just as wide-ranging: expect Gypsy-flavoured jazz drawn from all of the genre’s century-long history, plus jazz-flavoured classic pop, folk-jazz, and the band’s own creations. Add superb musicianship and irreverent banter, then season to taste. Yum!

Dave Favis-Mortlock is on violin and vocals. Joanna Davies plays Spanish guitar and sings: she’s the rhythmic foundation of FiddleBop. Paul Stevens is FiddleBop’s keyboard whiz: rhythmic, blues-soaked, and soulful. And Graeme Lamble is FiddleBop’s fretless bassist extraordinaire.

Tickets for HTLGI 2025 are available here: https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/hay/festival-passes

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• This Saturday, 24th May, 05:00 pm, FiddleBop at HowTheLightGetsIn 2025 in Hereford

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