Storey's Field Centre, Cambridge.

Sat 28 NovDoors 19:00

Peter Knight's Gigspanner Trio

Storey's Field Centre · Cambridge

“Music of intelligently crafted brilliance” 5***** Songlines Magazine “Some of the most beautiful music the genre has to offer” 5***** Maverick Magazine Peter Knight’s Gigspanner Trio New Album Preview Tour "There’s something of the proverbial elder statesman about Peter Knight, in terms of his place in music, which cannot be overstated. It’s not just in the quality of his playing...there’s a focus on the sheer inventiveness of Peter’s playing, in the adventurous arrangements he shares with his collaborators, and in his musical leadership” Northern Sky Magazine Since his inaugural performance with the fledgling Steeleye Span in 1970, Peter Knight has been a mainstay of the British folk scene. Never one to rest on his laurels, Peter has carved a reputation as a relentlessly questing musician “as mercurial as quicksilver”, and it is never quite so apparent as in his work with the various Gigspanner line-ups. The Gigspanner Trio is the beating heart from which all other lineups have evolved, and the one most loved by many for the intimacy and joy manifest in their virtuosic performances. Audiences revel in the opportunity to witness ‘up close and personal’...

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