Catch up with the Big Gigspanner Band in Worcester, this autumn.

After all, it's not an opportunity that comes along so often, as a critic once said: "They don't play together very often, but when they do it's spectacular"

A spokesman added: "Periodically, the bringing together of influential musicians, all with their own unique identity, produces an electrifying force that is even greater than the impressive sum of its parts.

"As a trio, Gigspanner, formed by fiddle player Peter Knight (ex-Steeleye Span), has established a reputation as one of the most genuinely ground-breaking forces on the British folk scene."

BBC Folk Award winners (Best Duo) Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin, described by The Guardian as being "Subtle, bravely original...a combination of virtuosity, intensity and charisma", join Gigspanner on this tour.

And as if that collaboration wasn’t exciting enough in itself, enter John Spiers, co-founder of Bellowhead and one half of the magical duo Spiers and Boden, and most recently, Knight and Spiers.

Hence, this is not just Gigspanner, but the Big Gigspanner Band, as it says on the tin.

The spokesman added: "Their appearances together, with Roger Flack on guitar and Sacha Trochet on hand percussion, are a rare, but highly sought after affair, thanks to performances of dazzling musicianship and arresting on stage chemistry.

"With the flick of a bow, a finely chosen chord or slip of a beat, they produce richly atmospheric arrangements layered within a wealth of subliminal musical influences."

The date is November 21 at the Huntingdon Hall.

Box Office: 01905 611427

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