The Cock & Bull Band are preparing to play for the home crowd, with a welcome return to The Sky Room at Milton Keynes Gallery.
It's fair to say that their last date there was a bit of a hit, and tickets are selling fast for the show this Saturday (Nov 19).
The band - now in their fifth decade of music-making - effortlessly fuse traditional instruments with cutting edge music technology. Original tunes and reworked traditional tunes are given a unique groove which is perfect for dancing and great to listen to.
High energy mandola is complemented by keyboard, drum loops and samples whilst the tune is played on sax, flute, clarinet or recorder in a variety of arrangements that respect ceilidh tradition but add a hint of jazz with a contemporary feel.
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Tunes might be played on clarinet, flute, recorder, keyboard, a range of saxophones or any combination of the aforementioned. The one thing they all have in common? Dancers have always loved their individual and quirky approach to ceilidh music.
Pete Lockwood’s ‘trademark electronics’ have become an integral feature of The Cock and Bull Band’s sound and their driving ceilidh rhythms effortlessly blend traditional instruments with synthesiser, loops and percussion samples.
Pete has always shown an empathy with ceilidh-folk music, subtly infusing his brand of ’technology’ without losing the essence of the original genre.
Over the years things, and band members, have changed, but the band and its individual and unusual combination of instruments continue to forge ahead along their own highly distinctive route.
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