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Artist profile

Kiss the mistress

Crankin out
An East Anglian based band that plays traditional European roots music and takes its influences from a diverse range of musical styles. Four talented and dynamic musicians bring together their breadth of experience, blending together in the melting pot Gaelic and European traditional music, harmony vocals, blues tinged acoustic guitar and singer/song writing credentials, all complemented by the groove of a bodhran.
The line up is:
Ginny Davis (vocals, cello and fiddle)
Classically trained and involved in folk music since her teenage years, she is a versatile musician who has worked in a variety of musical settings from theatre MD to free improvisation. She has played through the UK and Europe and has recorded 2 CD’s with the band Strangeworld
John Ramirez (chromatic button accordion and melodeon)
An experienced musician with many performances behind him, John started out as a keyboardist in an Indie band. Since his conversion to traditional music he has gathered many years experience playing at numerous folk festivals and clubs in the UK and Europe in a duet with Ginny. He has also worked with many other successful folk artists over the years and has also worked in music theatre and performance arts, CD appearances include Sacred Mountains and Alchemy.
Phil Hare (guitar and vocals)
is widely regarded as one of the finest and most distinctive acoustic guitarists working on the current folk music circuit. He has released four CD’s to critical acclaim and has regular solo engagements in the UK folk clubs circuit as a singer/songwriter.
Roy Jones (bodhran)
Has been playing bodhran for six years and is well known on the East Anglian folk circuit having won awards for best young folk musician at national folk festivals. Currently studying to be a cameraman at a prestigious London film school, he divides his time between student life, wind surfing and rehearsing/ gigging with Kiss The Mistress.
"an energetic, atmospheric, goosebump-producing set of music from Celtic nations and further."
(Cambridge Folk Club)

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