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Ear Trumpet Music Presents: Sam Sweeney Band.

Doors 7.30pm
Show 8.00pm

Following the colossal success of supporting Bellowhead on their comeback tour in
2022, Sam is taking to the road to play his genre-defying landmark album, Escape
That, with his all-star band. Featuring Louis Campbell on electric guitar, Ben
Nicholls on double bass and Stuart McCallum on acoustic guitar, this will be a gig
you don’t want to miss.

Sam is one of England’s finest and most in demand traditional musicians, however
Escape That is his first entirely self-composed record. It ties together all of Sam’s musical passions in an honest and fearless expression of himself.

Sam and his band are putting something into English music that has never been
there before and pressing the reset button on how folk music should sound.
Combining Sam’s love for traditional music with strong pop hooks and aesthetics,
this music is unashamed in its wide pool of influences.

Sam is a veteran of the mighty Bellowhead, former artistic director of the National
Folk Youth Ensemble, founder member of the acclaimed instrumental trio Leveret,
and a genre defining instrumentalist at the forefront of the revival in English
traditional music.

“The fiddler with the Midas touch… an English equivalent of the great Irish
fiddle player Martin Hayes.” **** The Guardian

“Sweeney’s playing is unearthly at times… an outstanding and deeply moving
experience.” ***** - Songlines

“One of the defining fiddle players of his generation” Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio
2 https://eartrumpetmusic.co.uk

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