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Fiddlebop at The Old Electric Cafe/shop

Courtesy of David Favis-Mortlock | Posted on May 31, 2023

Where

The Old Electric Cafe/shop
10 Broad Street
Hay-on-wye, Powys
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Fiddlebop at The Old Electric Cafe/shop

When

Fri, June 2, 2023
21:00

Musicians

Joanna Davies
guitar, acoustic
Paul Stevenson
keyboards
Graeme Lamble
bass, electric

About

FiddleBop play "Gypsy jazz: re-imagined" at The Old Electric on violin, Spanish guitar, keyboard, and fretless bass. And we sing too, with four voices in harmony.
The venue? Well, The Old Electric is usually a cafe and shop. But during Hay Festival, it becomes a music venue and cocktail bar. With cocktails available until 11 pm. And it's free entry!
And the music? Wales-based FiddleBop's jazz is sophisticated but not pretentious or stuffy. Is danceable but not rhythmically boring. Has plenty of exciting improvised solos but is still tuneful and melodic. We play Gypsy-flavoured jazz drawn from all of the genre's century-long history...

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