Rip Roarin Roots Ft The Corn Potato String Band (USA)

Take a walk down roots alley with Hubert Murray alongside some of the best bluegrass, folk and blues acts in London. This May he is presenting headlining act The Corn Potato String band (USA) plus support from the Dan Edwards and Hubert Murray duo.

The Corn Potato String Band have earned high praise in traditional American music, keeping old time fiddle and banjo music from a one way trip to the dustbins of history. Theirs is a story of struggle, hard knocks and triumph. Essentially unable to cope with modern life, the members of this band are outcasts of society who survive by playing the lost music of the flatlands where they were raised.

The Corn Potatoes have delighted audiences with their driving fiddle tunes and harmonious singing across the US, Canada, Europe, Mexico, and India. They are all multi-instrumentalists dedicated to continuing the music and dance traditions of the Central and Southern US. In addition to being champion fiddlers they play banjo, guitar, bass and mandolin and deftly handle many different antiquated styles including ballads, ho-downs, country rags and southern gospel, specializing in twin fiddling and double banjo tunes.

Dan Edwards and Hubert Murray
Guitar and banjo duo playing bluegrass, folk, gospel, old-time, and blues music. Banjo and Guitar duo of Dan Edwards and Hubert Murray is a collaboration steeped in acoustic roots music. Hailing from The Hot Rock Pilgrims, Lands End Bluegrass Band and Ben Paley's Long Hill Ramblers they have collaborated to create a simple artful expression of acoustic music. The beauty of it is just two voices and two stringed instruments. Their energy is infectious and intense.