Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes

Approx. Running Time: 2hours 30mins (inc. Interval)

After a busy 2010 of UK festival appearances and major venue tours, hot property band Show of Hands - 2010 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards double winners - come to Barnstaple in Autumn 2011 showing just why they have been showered with accolades.

Singer songwriter Steve Knightley and multi instrumentalist Phil Beer won both the Best Duo title and Best Original Song at the Awards - the latter for the topical title track of their acclaimed new studio album Arrogance Ignorance and Greed, a no-holds- barred Knightley track about bankers and bonuses, MPs and expenses which saw them featured on BBC -1’s Breakfast TV.

Accompanied by striking double bass player/ vocalist Miranda Sykes, England’s finest acoustic roots act will be showcasing the AIG album and delving into their rich back catalogue of original material.

The triple Albert Hall sell-out band who have headlined at festivals from WOMAD to Glastonbury have built a huge following for their inimitable music which crosses from folk roots into blues, rock, country, trad and world. It is played out on an array of instruments from slide guitar to fiddle, mandolin to South American cuatro. A whole world in one gig.

With support from Richard Shindell

 

“One of the great English bands” – Peter Gabriel

“This is a band performing at its passionate peak” – The Independent

“Steve Knightley is one of England’s greatest singer songwriters” – Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2

“Phil Beer can play virtually every stringed instrument known to man” – The Scotsman

For more information please visit www.showofhands.co.uk

Minimum age recommendation: 10

Saturday, November 26, 2011, 7:45:00 PM

Location: Queen's Theatre

All seats £18.00 (£17.50); student/young person £10.50

 

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