Goblin Band curate: Macdara Yeates + more
Schedule
Sat Apr 12 2025 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
South Quay Plaza 2, London, England E14 9SH, United Kingdom | London, EN
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Goblin Band perform in various formations alongside a billing of their favourite folkies.-
Goblin Band formed organically from intimate sessions of the same name run out of Hobgoblin Music, a folk instrument shop in Central London, and organised by a group of queer folk obsessive friends and shop employees. These sessions gave rise to a six piece band which, though firmly rooted in the traditional music of the British Isles, draws widely on medieval and early music, as well as the folk musical traditions from abroad. The sound concocted employs all manner of strings, squeezeboxes, hurdy gurdy, flutes, horns, jaw harps, and bells and whistles. The Goblins interpret folk song in relation to the political upheavals of past and present and strive to make a space for new audiences to experience traditional music in a manner which is both riotously joyful and deeply sincere.
"They can play and they can sing and they’re fearless...When I saw Goblin Band singing recently, I just thought, “Why didn’t I think of that?...They move stuff around...They go back to versions that we were too snotty to touch and they turn them into stomps!" - MARTIN CARTHY
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Where is it happening?
South Quay Plaza 2, London, England E14 9SH, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
