Sublime Folk

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Superb, singer, songwriter and guitarist Maurice Dickson from Northern Ireland with the sublime traditional Irish piper Catherine Ashcroft. Plus Stompin' Dave Allen & Edward Bennett.

"One of the world’s greatest performers" Maverick Magazine Stompin' Dave Allen performs on guitar, five-string banjo, fiddle, piano, harmonica, vocals & tap dancing. Dave specializes in American roots music including old-time, bluegrass, blues, country blues, folk, vintage country & hillbilly. Traditional songs & tunes, originals & covers.

Hardworking and prolific Stompin' Dave has appeared at festivals across England including Glastonbury Festival, Maverick Festival, London Remix Festival, Wilderness Festival, The Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, The Great Dorset Steam Fair, Wessex Folk Festival, Wadebridge Folk Festival, Southsea Folk & Roots Festival, Boogaloo Blues Festival, and The Ealing Blues Festival.

Stompin' Dave was the winner of the FOAOTMAD banjo competition 2011. FOAOTMAD i.e. The Friends Of American Old-Time Music are the UK’s Old-Time music society. The competition was part of Gainsborough Old-Time music festival in Lincolnshire. Dave was chosen as a winner by a panel of judges comprising of The Mostly Mountain Boys from North Carolina, USA.

"A master... a formidable musician and a true original." The Daily Telegraph (Jul 11)