Consisting of Andy Cutting, Sam Sweeney and Rob Harbron, Leveret are a unique collaboration that has come to represent the very finest of English folk music. Their top-class musicianship and intuitive interplay have made them one of the most captivating trios on the scene.
This sublime trio are currently touring the UK including a show tonight at Exeter Pheonix (tickets) and culminating in the Musicport Festival, Whitby next month (dates below). Here’s a reminder of what makes them so special, as they play Rain On The Woodpile / Terminus.
The above tunes are from their album Inventions (2017) which was a Featured Album of the Month on Folk Radio UK. In his review of the album here, Thomas described the opening tunes as:
“an open-ended tumbling thing, a bubbling torrent surrounding a moment of calm at its heart. The result is something that is both sumptuous and flighty, something that manages to convey both a wish for travel and a whiff of nostalgic homeliness. Ostensibly a Harbron composition, it is easy to imagine the tune’s repetitions and variations growing organically at the whims of the players. You get the feeling that a piece like this turns out differently every time it is played, depending on how the musicians are feeling at the time (and indeed, in a live setting, how they are interacting with the audience).”
The audiences they’ve played for so far certainly seem to be loving them. Why take my word for it:
@LeveretBand you were bloody marvellous tonight @TheGreystones . Wonderful tunes new and old exquisitely played. X
— Martin Simpson (@msimpsonian) September 7, 2018
They also feature in our latest Folk Show (Episode 37) which you can listen to here.
Leveret Tour Dates
Tue, Sep 11 – Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
Wed, Sep 12 – The Stables, Wavendon
Thu, Sep 13 – Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln
Fri, Sep 14 – Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire
Sat, Sep 15 – Folk at the Flavel, Dartmouth, Devon
Sun, Sep 16 – Rhydycroesau Village Hall, Rhydycroesau, Oswestry
Sat, Oct 20 Musicport Festival, Whitby
For ticket links and more details visit https://www.leveretband.com/gigs