A professional musician who hails from Australia, he cut his musical teeth with the popular Sydney group; Bluetongue. In England he has played in a number of rock and folk/rock outfits and has appeared at music festivals all around the UK as well as appearing on various records.
Siān is a fifth generation fiddle player with roots back to the chapel fiddlers of the Swansea Valleys. Her professional career has seen her perform at festivals, concerts, workshops and seminars throughout the UK, Europe and the USA. She has played with The Constitution Hillbillies, Heather Jones, Meic Stevens, Wild Welsh Women. She currently plays with the Wild Green and Celtish as well as MoonDance.
Andrew started his professional music career with the Truss & Bucket Band, a ceilidh band that still exists in some form almost thirty years and 800 gigs later. Over the years hes also played blues with Lowell Fulson & D.C. Brown, Cajun with The Crayfish Five, Zydeco with Rockin Sidney, acoustic folk with Home & Colonial and Allegiance and country dance music with The Lantern Band, Contraflow and a whole host of others. He also currently plays with dance bands Stomp and Fiddling Around.
is originally from East London and plays with Brian in the London based rock band The Quirky. Mike brings an incredible level of energy to the band as well as a great deal of percussive showmanship.
Special Guests
From the North of England, Tom specialiss projects with bands in various styles. As well as work on the folk scene, Tom plays in a number of original/pop groups, including Pigeon English, Kandid (featuring French singer-songwriter Nicolas Driot), Whapweasel and with Brian in the Anglo-Australian band WoodworX of which FiddleOn magazine said: "possibly the best thing you'll hear all year...superb fiddling".
A multi-percussionist currently based in Cambridge, Sam learned percussion and drums from Douglas Johnstone and Russell Gair in the Shetland Islands. He played with the young Shetland group "New Tradition" and travelled to European festivals and the Royal Festival Hall in London. Sam also plays with the Cambridge-based jazz trio "The Antipodeans" and has performed and arranged music for many theatrical productions, leading to a month at the Edinburgh Fringe and appears regularly with "Pigeon English" in addition to his stints with "MoonDance".
Billed as: "Brisbane songstress supreme", Toni has a gift for finding the spirit of a song, makes every performance a heart stopping experience. Toni also works with Brian and Tom in the folk group WoodworX