Xeli Promotions Events

Its over for this year

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:28:55 +0000

Thanks everyone who played and helped for a weekend to remember

Check back soon for reviews and photographs.

Late addition to Festival Hannah James & Sam Sweeney

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:44:28 +0000

We are pleased to announce that Hannah James & Sam Sweeney are booked to play at the 2010 Festival

Hannah and Sam have been playing together for almost 8 years. They met in 2002 and have been playing together in English folk group Kerfuffle since then. More recently known for their work with Bellowhead, the Demon Barber Roadshow, Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings and Fay Hied Trio in 2008 they embarked on a new project as a duo. The debut album Catches & Glees has received rave reviews. In 2009 Hannah and Sam won the Hancock Award for best duo and were nominated for a BBC Folk award.

Hear samples on their website

Book tickets for the 2nd Ashover Well Dressed Festival 2010 here

Lau

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 23:22:46 +0000

Formed out of the progressive traditional music scene in Edinburgh, Lau have consistently discovered new musical boundaries with their unique take on ‘folk’. The multi- award winning Scots / English trio have issued three highly acclaimed albums, in as many years (‘Lightweights & Gentlemen’ 2007, ‘Live’ 2008, “Arc Light’ 2009) which have seen the band take their legendary live concert show to all corners of the globe.
Lau are: Kris Drever – Guitar, Vocal. Martin Green- Accordion & Aidan O’Rourke -Fiddle.

Hear Lau on Myspace

Book tickets for the 2nd Ashover Well Dressed Festival 2010 here

Ethno in Transit

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 22:20:59 +0000

Ethno in Transit is a new and exciting international music project. It is also a product of the Ethno music camps organisation (see www.ethno-world.org and www.jmi.net) which run in a number of European countries with cultural music as a means of universal communication and education amongst young people. Three members of Ethno in Transit are involved in establishing the ‘Ethno’ movement: Maarja Nuut (Ethno Estonia), Matija Solce (Etno Histria) and Hermann Haertel (Alpine Ethno). These musicians are joined by Nano Stern (Chile), Kate Young (Scotland), Marti Tärn and Tõnu Tubli (Estonia) Stephan Hedborg (Sweden/Chile) and Daniel Moser (Italy) to form the core of the band.

Their act includes a diverse and vibrant mix of South American rhythms, coupled with beautiful Celtic and European melodies. We offer you a unique opportunity to experience them live in Ashover where their performance will be recorded for a live CD.

See Ethno in Transit in action
Hear some Ethno in Transit tracks

Book tickets for the 2nd Ashover Well Dressed Festival 2010 here

May Monday

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:36:21 +0000

May Monday (Karen Tweed and Timo Alakotila) are a mind-blowing mix (with not a synth in sight!) of English, Irish and Scandinavian traditional material arranged by themselves and compositions by the likes of Andy Cutting, Sarah Allen, Chris Wood, Ian Lowthian and Tweed herself.
“May Monday” is folk music which needn’t touch its forelock to anything the classical mob can put up; it’s genuine art-music performed by virtuosos at the height of their powers.

Karen Tweed’s website

Hear Karen and Timo on their Myspace site

Book tickets for the 2nd Ashover Well Dressed Festival 2010 here

Nicol & Cool

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:26:38 +0000

Nicol & Cool can bring you to tears and yet also lift your spirits and leave you in fits of laughter. There is no other show on the road remotely like this one, its sum greater than its great two parts!
Ken Nicol – guitar virtuoso and member of the renowned folk-rock band Steeleye Span paired with
Phil Cool – the famous comedian, shows his more serious side as a singer and songwriter … although you can bet there’s plenty of fun and laughter, too.

Sample Nicol and Cool Here

Book tickets for the 2nd Ashover Well Dressed Festival 2010 here

Les Barker

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:21:12 +0000

Les Barker writes strange poems and comes originally from Manchester. He was an accountant before he became a professional idiot. He’s written 77 books, which sell in large numbers because people don’t quite believe what they’ve just heard. His poems have spawned a number of folk heroes: Jason and the Arguments, Cosmo the Fairly Accurate Knife Thrower, Captain Indecisive and Spot of the Antarctic, to name but two.

Sample Les here

Book tickets for the 2nd Ashover Well Dressed Festival 2010 here

Askew Sisters

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:09:10 +0000

Askew Sisters Emily and Hazel Askew are the young duo making waves on the folk scene with their energetic brand of English folk music. Using fiddle and melodeon, they play and sing with an infectious enjoyment and love for the music, winning them fans wherever they go. From rhythmic foot stomping tunes to powerful interpretations of songs and ballads, their playing always guarantees to engage and inspire those who hear.

The Askew Sisters website

Book tickets for the 2nd Ashover Well Dressed Festival 2010 here

The Ram Company – Walzers & Wonders

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:58:13 +0000

“The Wakes is in town” Saturday afternoon features this acclaimed 90 min show about the travelling fairground . The Ram Company features nine accomplished musicians and singers: Ian Carter (composer of the majority of the tracks) on keyboard, Keith Kendrick on Anglo and English Concertinas, Sylvia Needham on duet concertina, Sarah Matthews – violin and viola, Doug Eunson – melodeon and hurdy gurdy, Michelle Short – percussion and drums, John Adams – guitar and mandolin, Alan Squires – brass, mandolin and mandola, and Howard Mitchell – double bass and free reeds. All of them contribute to the high-quality vocals
“Unmissable …. Roll up!” John Tams

More about the show on their website

Book tickets for the 2nd Ashover Well Dressed Festival 2010 here

Skyhook

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:51:51 +0000

skyhook are an exciting collaboration of three of the finest acoustic musicians in Sheffield, England. Martin Harwood, Cath James and Eoin Teather play traditional tunes and songs from Scotland, Ireland, Cape Breton Island, plus some brand new self-penned compositions.

skyhook are characterised by breathtaking twin fiddles combined with sublime guitar, bouzouki and voice. They shift seamlessly between driving dance music and spine-tingling songs, and play with a joy and precision that’s hard to match

Listen to Skyhook here