Promotional Information
For use in your programme, brochure or poster please help yourself to the following descriptions. These vary in content and number of words to suit your particular event from concerts to ceilidhs. Please also see the 'Band Images' for promotional use:
Dragonsfly:
This vibrant and original five-piece interlace instruments as diverse as bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki, mandolin, tabla, electric bass, saxophones, vocals and more! The result is a musical landscape of groove driven music that is passionate, high energy, tender and entrancing. (40 words.)
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Dragonsfly:
Groove-driven, passionate and entrancing. A Musical landscape across world traditions with distinctive Celtic and Eastern flavours, fronted by stunning vocals.
This vibrant and original five-piece interlace instruments as diverse as bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki, mandolin, tabla, electric bass, saxophones, vocals and more!
The music celebrates community and the spirit of the land, enchanting the audience to sing, dance and be stirred.
"Fantastic!" Keith Warmington, Radio Bristol.
"Truly new and original" Folking.com.
"A feast of entertainment from just one band" MidSomerset Series.
"Enchanting" Satish Kumar, Resurgence Magazine.
"Clear, funky, joyful, life-affirming" Glastonbury Music.
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Dragonsfly:
From French and Breton dance to Eastern Europe and beyond, Dragonsfly create a musical landscape across world traditions. They play a fusion of Celtic instruments including bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki and more with high energy and entrancing passion.
The band has made its mark at many UK festivals as well as playing concerts to a well established, dedicated following. Dragonsfly members have also worked on solo projects with other artists, including Daevid Allen, Page and Plant, Eliza Carthy, Paul Weller, Sheila Chandra and Billy Bragg.
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Dragonsfly is a vibrant inimitable union of acoustic musicians influenced by medieval and contemporary world folk music. This well established and widely respected band weave together new and old songs, instrumentals and dance pieces from many world traditions, from France and Brittany to Eastern Europe and beyond. The result is a musical landscape of groove driven music that is passionate, high energy, tender and entrancing played on instruments such as bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy and bouzouki.
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Dragonsfly:
Passionate, high energy, tender and entrancing dance music with distinctive Celtic and Eastern flavours, fronted by stunning vocals.
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We also provide French and Breton ceilidhs where we teach the dances:
French and Breton ceilidhs:
An opportunity to have fun learning these ancient circle and couple dances and experience them with medieval and original music on traditional instruments such as bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki, mandolin, tabla, electric bass, saxophones and vocals. Joining the community, young and old, in a celebration of life. (50 words.)
