Saturday 7 June - 8pm
THE HUT PEOPLE
THE HUT PEOPLE are an accordion and percussion duo. The accordionist is Sam Pirt of 422, the band which won the Radio 2 folk awards a few years back. Sam is well established in the folk world and has played alongside Kathryn Tickell, The Dubliners, Sharon Shannon, Jez Lowe, Brian Finnegan, Brian McNeill and many others.
Gary Hammond is the percussionist, who for the past 12 years has recorded and toured with The Beautiful South. He has worked with Nina Simone, Homespun, and many other groups and set ups within the world music and jazz/pop world. He has also worked on many television shows including Ab Fab and Monarch of the Glen.
They both have a love of Scandinavian, English and European folk tunes which they play with an accordion/multi percussion twist.
£7/£5