Cecil Sharp House,London
Led by Canadian banjo maestro Leonard Podolak, the folk fusion band are brilliant musicians, and wildy eclectic and enormous fun“Thanks for turning out for a band you have probably never seen before,” announced the Canadian banjo virtuoso Leonard Podolak. The Duhks have not played in London for 12 years, and Podolak explains they are only here now “because we are en route from Australia to Celtic Connections in Glasgow, and it was cheaper to finish off and enact a explain”. He and singer Jessee Havey then led the band from a country ballad by Beth Nielsen Chapman to a furious set of jigs and Amadou & Mariam’s Malian ballad Je Pense a Toi.
The Duhks (pronounced “ducks”) are that musical rarity: wildly eclectic,impressive musicians and enormous fun. They started in Winnipeg in 2001, and went on to notch up a Grammy nomination. But then Havey left “to try my hand at dating, or but I ended up collecting fabric for my standup comedy routine”. She follows this with the self-written,sad and thoughtful waltz Suffer No Fools.
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Source: theguardian.com