David Migden & The Twisted Roots at The Elephant Inn

“Sidestepping the customary blues-clichés, David Migden & The Twisted Roots – their name accurately reflecting the melting pot genre – perform unique material in a genre-busting crossover of blues, rock, jazz and American roots music. David’s range and tone is astonishing – he is regarded as one of the best male vocalists of contemporary Blues music.
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David Migden was raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, moving to the UK as a teenager. After playing and touring around Europe, initially in the Lee Sankey Group with Matt Schofield and Ian Siegal, he then teamed up with (the then) Dirty Words, releasing Second Hand Tattoo, their debut album, to an excellent response from critics and fans alike....

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“Sidestepping the customary blues-clichés, David Migden & The Twisted Roots – their name accurately reflecting the melting pot genre – perform unique material in a genre-busting crossover of blues, rock, jazz and American roots music. David’s range and tone is astonishing – he is regarded as one of the best male vocalists of contemporary Blues music.
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David Migden was raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, moving to the UK as a teenager. After playing and touring around Europe, initially in the Lee Sankey Group with Matt Schofield and Ian Siegal, he then teamed up with (the then) Dirty Words, releasing Second Hand Tattoo, their debut album, to an excellent response from critics and fans alike.

David Migden and his band, by now renamed Twisted Roots released their follow-up album Killing It in 2012, once again receiving lustrous reviews in the relevant media and radio play across the globe.
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The band won the prestigious New Brunswick “Battle of the Blues” competition and appeared at the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival in Canada. They were nominated in the British Blues Awards for best original song (“Shel”), and twice in a row, 2013 and 2014, in the category of best singer. The band has also won both Best Band and Best Newcomer in the “Blues Matters“ writers’ poll.

The band’s reputation has been growing with radio play across the UK, Europe and the US. Their new album Lit Up Like a Fruit Machine has been receiving a rapturous response.
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The members of The Twisted Roots have each individually played with a host of internationally renowned artists including Robert Plant, James Brown, and Corinne Bailey Rae, and have gained a reputation for playing exhilarating shows.

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