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Anglo-Swedes with a lust for life, incapable of putting a foot - or finger - wrong. Great musicians, great entertainers and full of passion, inspiration, inventiveness and intimacy too. There’s no other band like them and there’s no CD like Du
Da. Go get it!’
Fiona Talkington / Songlines
Swåp present chilling, thrilling
musical adventures in Anglo-Scandinavian roots’n’reel'n'
song, where Swedish polskas & schottis shake hands with
jigs & waltzes from all over Ireland & the British
Isles. Rave energy and string quartet subtlety by turn!
Following international festival appearances in Tokyo,
Tonde, Minneapolis Nordic Roots Festival, Celtic Connections,
The Purcell Room & Cambridge Folk Festival,
Swåp's Du Da tour re-emerges this autumn.
Nov'07
15 TEWKESBURY Roses Theatre www.rosestheatre.org
01684 295074
16 PERTH Concert Hall with Capercaillie www.horsecross.co.uk
0845 612324
17 SELBY Town Hall www.selbytownhall.co.uk
01757 213758
18 EDINBURGH Fiddle Festival, Assembly Rooms Music Hall www.scotsfiddlefestival.com
0131 473 2000
 Hot
on the heels of their SONGLINES
Top of the World award, SWÅP got nominated Best
Group in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards along
with Bellowhead, Flook and the Michael McGoldrick Band.
'Anglo
and Swedish musics get into bed with each other and shag
furiously' Andy Kershaw session BBC R3
'Usually I don´t like fusions but SWÅP works!' Joe Boyd Mike Harding Show BBC R2
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With Karen Tweed, Piano Accordion - The
Poozies, Kathryn Tickell, May Monday project, Roger Wilson - all-Ireland champion and indisputably the Biz.
Ian Carr, guitar - Eddi Reader, Kate Rusby Band, John McCusker, Old Rope String Band original and another Tickell collaborator -
wizard of rhythm & wit.
Ola Backstrom, viola d'amore & fiddle, is one of the most respected fiddlers & composers in Scandinavia today.
His playing on Den Fule’s Skalv, Hedningarna’s
Hippjokk, Triptyk, Boot and solo album have influenced a generation of musicians.
Carina Normansson, fiddle & voice, is from Vastmanland and is devoted to researching the music & song of the region.
She sings of naked men in the snow. Carina leads new
"big-bunch" orchestra West Manna Folk
with her dog Frida.
‘The whole zany, playful, energetic, instrumentally brilliant and, vocally, ever so slightly otherworldy adventure should be sampled at full length and full strength’
Rob Adams / The Herald
‘infectious … try to catch them if you can’ Dave Beeby / The Living Tradition
'In Du Da, four musicians contribute equally and with intuitive communication in the exquisite balance that makes a band special and after the UK release of its recommended predecessor Mosquito Hunter, it shows signs of being the turning point at which this band's true stature is generally realised.'
Andrew Cronshaw fROOTS
New cd Du Da on NorthSide NSD 6085 www.cuberoots.com
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This crowd pulling English / Swedish foursome is an electrically charged combination of beauty and excitement, danger and laughter'
Fiona Talkington / Songlines
Oct’05
19 NOTTINGHAM Lakeside www.lakesidearts.org.uk
0115 846 7777
20 OTLEY Courthouse www.courthouseproject.org.uk
01943 467466
21 HEREFORD Courtyard www.courtyard.org.uk
0870 1122330
22 LLANDINAM Village Hall, TASC www.tradartsupport.org.uk
01686 688102
23 WHITBY Musicport Festival www.musicport.fsnet.co.uk
01947 603475
24 WHITEHAVEN Rosehill Theatre www.rosehilltheatre.co.uk
01946 692422
25 STIRLING Tollbooth plus Fribo www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth
01786 274000
26 HEXHAM Queen’s Hall www.queenshall.co.uk
01434 652 477
27 ALNWICK Playhouse www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk
01665 510785
28 SOUTHPORT Arts Centre 01704 540011
29 PEEL IOM Centenary Hall www.centenarycentre.com
01624 845146
30 CARDIFF Norwegian Church 0870 0131812
31 DARTINGTON Arts Centre www.dartingtonarts.org.uk
01803 847070
Nov’05
1 LONDON The Purcell Room / Folk in the Fall Room
www.mrscasey.co.uk/sbank
0870 3800 400
Feb’06
24 YORK Jorvik Viking Festival / Black Swan FC at Early Music Centre 01904 658338
www.ncem.co.uk
25 BUXTON Pavilion Gardens 08451 272190 www.buxton-opera.co.uk
26 BURY The Met 0161 761 2216 www.themet.biz
27 NORWICH Arts Centre 01603 660352 www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
28 STRATFORD UPON AVON Civic Hall 01789 207100 www.civichall.co.uk
Mar’06
1 TELFORD Oakengates Theatre 01952 619020 www.oakengates.ws
2 ABERGAVENNY Borough Theatre 01873 850805 www.boroughtheatreabergavenny.co.uk
3 MALVERN Colwall Village Hall 01684 540366 adrian@uktouring.org.uk
4 FAREHAM Ashcroft Arts Centre 01329 310600 www.ashcroft.org.uk
5 LONDON artsdepot 020 8369 5454 www.artsdepot.co.uk
May’06
9 SKYE Sabhal Mór Ostaig 01471 844207 tix £9/£7, doors 7.30pm
10 STRATHPEFFER Pavilion / Eden Court Theatre promotion 01463 234234 tix £10/£8, doors 7.30pm
11 KIRKWALL King Street Hall 01856 871000 tix £8/£5, doors 7.30pm
12 SANDAY Music Society workshop & concert 01857 600296 tix £7.50/£4.50 (joint ticket £10/£5)
13 LYTH Arts Centre 01955 641270, tix £8, doors 7.30pm
14 DRUMNADROCHIT Glen Urquhart Public Hall 01456 450155 tix £10/£3, doors 7.00pm
Oct’06
18 LONDON Enfield, Millfield Arts Centre www.millfieldtheatre.co.uk
020 8807 6680
19 MALVERN The Grove www.thegrovemalvern.co.uk 01684 576359
20 GT.TORRINGTON Plough Arts Centre 01805 624624
21 BRIDGWATER Arts Centre www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk
01278 422700
22 LEICESTER Phoenix www.phoenix.org.uk
0116 255 4854
23 STAMFORD Arts Centre www.stamfordartscentre.com
01780 763203
24 CANTERBURY Festival Club www.canterburyfestival.co.uk
01227 378188
25 LONDON Croydon Clocktower 020 8253 1030
26 CARDIFF Norwegian Church Arts Centre 0870 0131812
27 PONTARDAWE Arts Centre www.npt.gov.uk/theatres
01792 863722
28 TUNBRIDGE WELLS Trinity Theatre www.trinitytheatre.net
01892 678 678
29 BELFAST International Festival at Queens www.belfastfestival.com
028 9097 1197
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