Strada Artists available for 2022 Festivals
For a taster of the great variety of artists we have available next festival season, for concerts and dances plus informal events and workshops, see below. For more of our great acts, please click here
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Katy Hurt
Steeped in country roots, but never one to simply yield to the traditional Nashville sound, Katy Hurt stretches the country music genre in new and exciting directions - haunting blues vocals, towering country rock guitars - pre Covid Katy kicked off 2020 on a high note, headlining at the UKCMSA Awards evening, hosted by Belles and Gals, taking home awards for “Best Female Artist” and “Best UK EP/Album with Unfinished Business”. She was, and remains, an artist on the rise.
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Mik Artistik's Ego Trip
Hugely popular Leeds-based trio Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip are well known for their unique live performances and madcap antics deeming every performance not just a gig, but a truly momentous event. Perfect festival fayre, so much so that they have been entertaining the Glastonbury Festival for the last 11 years. Some say Glastonbury hasn’t really started until they’ve seen one of Mik’s multiple performances.
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Le Vent du Nord
Québec
Combining a great stage presence with an energetic, dynamic flair, Le Vent du Nord 2022 sees them celebrate 20 glorious years on the road! The group never fails to delight crowds with their glorious mix of fiddle and foot-tapping, guitar, accordion, piano, bass, hurdy-gurdy and wonderful four part harmonies. It delivers catchy songs and tunes, some taken from the Québec traditional folk repertoire while others are original compositions. Its rich and varied instrumentation and well-polished musical arrangements simply enhance their uplifting repertoire.
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Lindisfarne
With a repertoire of unforgettable songs like Meet Me On The Corner, Fog On The Tyne, Lady Eleanor and Run For Home and a reputation for live performance second to none, Lindisfarne’s power to galvanize festival and concert audiences remains undimmed and is guaranteed to get the crowd on their feet and singing along.
In 2022 and in top form, with more than 50 years of musical history LINDISFARNE present a classic five-piece line up of long-time members fronted by original founder-member Rod Clements.
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Jim Ghedi
Jim Ghedi hails from the South Yorkshire hills and although clearly well versed in the history of Folk music, he stands out as a potential torch bearer for a new generation of respectful yet experimental performers.
“Melodically sublime… although Ghedi’s music is infused with tradition, it’s very much experiencing the present” ★★★★☆ MOJO
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Rum Buffalo
Rum Buffalo fornicate with rhythm and melody. Mingling many genres, they infiltrate swing and moody blues with filthy synth and epic horn lines to rock the party like no other act.
Since their formation, their jet-powered live show has stormed the UK live music scene, performing to 10,000 on the Truth stage at Glastonbury as well as dozens of other festivals.
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Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys
One of the most exciting bands to have entered the UK folk scene in the past twenty years, The Lost Boys is the brainchild of BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Sam Kelly. The Lost Boys band has gained a reputation as one of the best live acts in the UK and they have packed out festival tents and venues the world over since they started in 2016.
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Holy Moly & The Crackers
Holy Moly & The Crackers are the innovative and fiery folk-rockers from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (UK), who bombastically mash together unique flavours of folk, rock and indie with a circus punk edge, and have become renowned for their blazing live shows. The band’s music has been used in film and TV including end credits of blockbuster movie Oceans 8, Strictly Come Dancing, Capital One, Kia Sportage and Shameless.
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Alfa Sackey & Afrik Bawantu
Crossing the boundaries of World, funk and jazz Afrik Bawantu are an essential ingredient for any festival. Afla Sackey brings his musical dream of combining traditional Ghanaian highlife music with sizzling Afrobeat grooves to life, topping it off with an irresistible funky twist. The bands blend of African rhythms with fast, animated horns and heavy funk bass lines, brings a whole new definition to the genre.
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The Jive Aces
The UK's number one Jive and Swing band bring their energetic and hugely entertaining show to festival audiences across the UK. Multi-award winning, BGT semi-finalists, The Jive Aces have been thrilling audiences since 1989.
"The UK’s number one jive and swing band” - Vintage Rock
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Barbara Dickson with Nick Holland
In this special acoustic performance Barbara Dickson and her pianist Nick Holland explore her catalogue of songs at an intimate level. The pair let the words and melodies take ‘centre stage’ as they perform a wonderful range of material drawing on Barbara’s folk roots, contemporary greats, and some of her classic hits.
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Me and My Friends
Me and My Friends play soulful, poignant music with a beat, subtly incorporating vintage highlife and afrobeat grooves into elegant folk songwriting. The UK-based quintet create a timeless sound with a global outlook, performed with an infectious energy, and the result is instantly recognisable, highly original and truly genre-defying.
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Peatbog Fairies
A band to get you dancing. They have created a glorious mixture of traditional sounds and dance-floor grooves that have been embraced worldwide. From the moment they take to the stage, the mood is set for a no-nonsense feel-good atmosphere.
“Nothing prepares you for the high octane music of the Peatbog Faeries. Powerful melodies are dextrously pumped out with a smart degree of techno attitude, while cross-rhythms ricochet over a heavy bass that hits you forcefully like a massive heart beat.” The Scotsman
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Before Breakfast
Before Breakfast explore feminist issues through the telling of personal stories – fusing their classical knowledge and rich arrangements with raw expression. Gina and Lucy’s music has always been beautiful, though is often layered with feminine discomfort. An uneasy web of harmonies and relentless piano, intricate cello and expressively haunting vocals run through their music.
“Alt-folk with some deeply personal lyricism, words that touch on personal independence, feminism, and more.” – CLASH
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The Bootleg Beatles
The world’s most famous Beatles Tribute band continues to draw critical acclaim from across the globe with their stunning recreation of the greatest songbook of all time. Tracing the Fab Four’s journey through the sixties, every tiny detail is meticulously covered from costumes to authentic period instruments
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PerKelt
The music of PerKelt blends together the upbeat “engine” of drums and guitars, their trademark unrivalled duels of fiddle and recorders, haunting pagan vocals and the deep tribal vibes of didgeridoo to produce an extraordinary and unique sound.
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All Strada Touring Artists
All dates 2022 - unless otherwise stated.
Please get in touch for more information on +44 (0) 1377 780480
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