Sidmouth-born
Ewan
Wardrop grew
up surrounded by the sights and the sounds of the town’s International Folk
Festival. From there he developed a keen interest in American and British folk
ballads, songs of the British music hall and more recently the songs of his
adopted county of Sussex.
A multi-instrumentalist,
He has worked all over the world as an actor, dancer and musician and is currently
working on a project with Rob Harbron (Leveret),
Ben Nicholls (The Full English) and fiddle
player Ben Paley.
A love
of George Formby led him to write the critically acclaimed play Formby for the Edinburgh festival in
2012 in which he plays the ukulele in Formby’s unmistakable style.
This
summer he can be seen acting in Much Ado
About Nothing at London’s Globe Theatre as well as dancing with his Morris
side The Bo Diddlers.
Hamish Currie hails from the east coast of
Scotland, where folk music was always part of the landscape. Having moved south his repertoire is now taken
from the traditions on both sides of the border, laced with some original and
contemporary material.
He has
appeared as the guest artist at clubs from Cumbria to Sussex and featured at
countless festivals, including Towersey and Cambridge.
“A skilled guitarist and singer
with an infectious sense of humour" - St.
Neot's Folk Club
"Hamish's arrangements
always cut through the mundane to get straight to the interesting...a
Carthy-like precision to his guitar playing.” -
George Papavgeris
“An
accomplished performer, there was a hearfelt audience response.” - Swanage Festival
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