A lively and varied evening of folk influenced music from Sheffield's Treebeard & local singer songwriter Helen Wilson.
The band play lively Irish, folk, rock and pop, traditional, original & contemporary songs & tunes on a variety of acoustic instruments, always guaranteed to get an audience up & dancing.
They describe their style as 'Heavy Wood', releasing a first CD of that name in 2002, and a second CD 'Reel Ale’ in 2010. Their track ‘Train’ is also featured on the ‘Forged in Sheffield’ folk compilation CD, and video for 'Over The Hills' has won the runner up prize in the 2 weeks 2 make it filmmaking competition 2011, as well as attracting over 180,000 youtube views.
The band have been through a number of line-up changes over the years and are currently led by founder member Chris McMahon (of Haze, Strongheart, Silverwheel, Outlandish Knights, etc), with long time flautist/fiddler Ceri Ashton (Cadellin, Mother of Crows, Jabberwocky, Outlandish Knights), and new members; in demand percussionist James Howe (Bellhagg Orkestar, Silver Darlings), talented singer/songwritier Rob Lowdon (Jabberwocky, Broadsword) and fabulous singer/guitarist Paul Pearson.
We are currently working on tracks for a new CD and taking festival bookings for 2017.
Line-up:- Ceri Ashton - flute, whistle, 5 string fiddle & vocals. James Howe - cahon. Rob Lowdon - bass, acoustic guitar & vocals. Chris McMahon - mandolin, bouzouki, bass & vocals. Paul Pearson – acoustic guitar, percussion & vocals.
Find us online at:- Homepage http://www.treebeard.org.uk Facebook http://www.facebook.com/treebeardband ReverbNation http://www.reverbnation.com/treebeard
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VenueAltrincham Football Club
AddressMoss lane, Altrincham, Greater Manchester,
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