Midsummer Music
Folk Bands in Greater Manchester
Find available folk bands in Greater Manchester on this web site of music groups
Select Greater Manchester Folk Bands using the drop down box
Some examples of our folk bands in England, Scotland and Wales are shown below. To find folk bands in Greater Manchester select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our folk bands who are within a reasonable distance of your venue.
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The words of songs that may be sung by folk bandsDrake's Drum - - Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand miles away, - Captain, art thou sleeping there below? - Slung atween the round shot in Nombre Dios Bay, - And dreaming all the time of Plymouth Hoe. - Yonder looms the Island, yonder lie the ships, - With sailor-lads a-dancing heel-an'-toe, - And the shore-lights flashing, and the night-tide dashing, - He sees it all so plainly as he saw it long ago. - Drake he was a Devon man, an' ruled the Devon seas, - Captain, art thou sleeping there below? - Roving tho' his death fell, he went with heart at ease, - And dreaming all the time of Plymouth Hoe. - "Take my drum to England, hang it by the shore, - Strike it when your powder's running low; - If the Dons sight Devon, I'll quit the port o' Heaven, - And drum them up the Channel as we drummed them long ago." |
What has been said about Folk Bands.
A sample of what has been written about folk bands. A Quotation:-
There are in the music of the violin ... accents so closely akin to those ofcertain contralto voices that one has the illusion that a singer has taken her place amid the orchestra. One raises one’s eyes, and sees only the wooden case, delicate as a Chinese box, but at moments, one is still tricked by the Siren’s deceiving call; at times too, one thinks one is listening to a captive genie struggling in the darkness of the sapient, quivering and enchanted box, like a devil immersed in a stoup of holy water; sometimes, again, it is in the air, at large, like a pure and supernatural being that unfolds its invisible message as it goes by. Marcel Proust
Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Greater Manchester
Weddings - Everyone can enjoy an evening with one of our Folk Bands, from the children to the grandparents.
You can hear samples of our folk bands, online
Parties & Corporate events - Our highly versatile Folk Bands play for a wide spectrum of events, ranging from formal birthday parties to corporate sales events
Here are just a few of the unusual names of folk bands & other kinds of folk band
Devil's Fire ; Dr Faustus ; Dropping Clangers ; Easy Weasel ; Eel Grinders ; Electropathics ; Fagin's Pocket ; The Famous Potatoes ; Fast Parts ; Fen Blow English Country Dance Band ; Fendragon ; Fiddlin' Around ; Fish n'Taters Ceilidh Band ; Fishing for Eels ; Five Bar'd Gait ;