12 May 2012  7:30pm - 7:30pm

Wat Tyler Centre

Tickets £12 on the door or £10 in advance from the Towngate Theatre box office, Basildon 01268 465465.

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Hailed by ‘Songlines’ Magazine as ‘another milestone in folk’s rebirth of cool moment’, Peter Knight’s Gigspanner is rapidly gaining a reputation for leaving audiences completely spellbound with life enriching takes on British traditional and world music.

Folk Music is only part of their story. As musician and author Andy Letcher writes: “Stepping lightly through folk, classical, baroque and jazz, Gigspanner produce music of intelligently crafted brilliance” (Songlines magazine) Their debut album ‘Lipreading the Poet’ was named by The Wire as one of the best 15 Global Albums of 2009.

This is a Trio that is touching hearts, minds and souls, and to experience the joy of one of their live performances is to understand why audiences are becoming hooked on the unique experience that is Gigspanner. Leave all your preconceived ideas at the door. Gigspanner present an evening of music that is fresh and unexpected, and yet it retains a sense of the familiar at its heart.

In this venture, Steeleye Span’s legendary fiddle player is joined by Roger Flack (Guitar) and Vincent Salzfaas (Conga’s/Djembe).