Mark Powell
(hurdy-gurdy, gittern, mandola, cittole, bouzouki)
Will Summers
(crumhorns, recorders, concert and wooden flutes, shawm, rauschpfeife)
Stephen Clark
(rauschpfeife, shawm, hummelchen, mediaeval great pipes, low whistle, euphonium, recorders, concert and wooden flutes, cornamuse, voice.)
Will Hughes
(double bass, percussion, voice)
Plus occassional guest: Paul Hutchinson
(accordion)
Influences
Traditional music from Britain, Europe and beyond, mediaeval and renaissance music. Also: Pentangle, Steeleye Span, Loreena McKennit, Maddie Prior, Shirley Collins, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Blowzabella, Shave The Monkey, The Albion Band, Gryphon, Circulus.
Sounds Like
A rich blend of traditional and roots-based original songs with mediaeval and celtic flavours, presented with a contemporary twist.
Maggie Sand & Sandragon perform a unique blend of traditional and original songs and hi-energy dance tunes from the mediaeval and Renaissance eras, played on crumhorns, recorders, flute, hurdy-gurdy, harmonium, bouzouki, mandola, guitar and percussion.
Maggie and Mark Powell met whilst working on another music project. After discovering their shared love for traditional music, by 2007 they were performing around the folk club circuits in England, Switzerland and Germany, but underwent a transformation when they met Will Summers and became a trio. It was Will's crumhorns, recorders and flute that gave the band its trademark sound.
In late 2008, while recording "Susie Fair", Maggie's fourth album but the first for WildGoose Records, Sandragon was born, with the addition in 2008 of Will Hughes on percussion and in 2009 of Stephen Clark on wind isntruments.
Maggie Sand: voice, harmonium, bouzouki, cittole.
Maggie Sand studied classical piano from the age of five and grew up singing along with her mother, a professional opera singer, who introduced Maggie to a wide range of singers ranging from Maria Callas to Maddie Prior. Maggie then studied music in Canada, France and at Morley College in London. Now based in London, she has, during the past few years, released three solo albums for BSC Music in Germany with her other music project "Alquimia" ( the last two in collaboration with Mark Powell.) She has also collaborated with German musicians Joachim Roedelius, Peter Mergener, Rudiger Gleisberg, Anton Zinkl, Art of Infinity and Stella Maris on other albums for the BSC label.
Mark Powell: guitar, gittern, mandola, hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki, cittole.
As a musician, Mark has worked with some of the folk world's leading figures such as the Steve Ashley Band and Mick Ryan's touring folk theatre group, Fieldwork. He has also worked as studio engineer and/or producer with luminaries such as The Albion Band, Belshazzar's Feast, Blowzabella, Fairport Convention, Hoover the Dog, Bert Jansch, Danny Thompson and many others.
Will Summers: crumhorns, recorders, concert and wooden flutes, cornamuse, rauschpfeife, shawm.
Will is a regular wind instrument teacher at Moreley College in London. He also organises a series of Early Music Concerts in Kingston, London with his own company Lokki Music and also performs with medieval psychedellic band Circulus.
Stephen Clark: recorders, concert and wooden flutes, cornamuse, rauschpfeife, shawm, hummelchen, mediaeval great pipes, low whistle, euphonium.
Stephen is a multi-instrumentalist, collecting and playing mostly wind instruments. He studied at Leicester and Cardiff and over the years has worked with groups playing everything from early music to classical music.
Will Hughes: double bass, percussion, flute
Will started his music career as a drummer, then, after four years at the Academy of Contemporary Music, he went on to do a BA honours degree in contemporary music performance.
Paul Hutchinson: accordion.
Paul is a very well established performer in the folk scene for more than 20 years with bands such as Belshazzar's Feast, and Hoover the Dog.
Maggie and Sandragon's latest album, and their first for WildGoose Records, "Susie Fair", is now avaialble!:
You can order it directly from WildGoose by clicking here.
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MAGGIE AND THE BAND'S 2009-10 DATES SO FAR
2009
7th February - The Lewes Arms Folk Club, Lewes, East Sussex, UK.
17th February - St. Neots Folk Club, Cambridgeshire, UK.
22nd February - Yumchaa, London W1, UK.
1st March - Yumchaa, London W1, UK.
6th March - The Friday Folk Club, Orpington, Kent, UK.
8th March - Yumchaa, London W1, UK.
9th March - Waltham Abbey Folk Club, Herts., UK.
19th March - Hinterhalt, Geretsried, Germany.
22nd March - Ars Musica im Stemmerhof, Munchen, Germany.
27th March - The Grosvenor, Stockwell, London.
12th April - The Westgate Hall, Canterbury, Kent, UK.
17th April - Sutton Coldfield club, London, UK.
18th - 19th April - St George's Joust, Cressing Temple, Braintree, Essex, UK.
21st April - Sharp's Folk Club, Cecil Sharp House, London, UK.
30th April - Islington Folk Club, London, UK.
7th May - The White Lion Folk Club, Song & Supper Night, Wherwell, Hants., U.K.
9th - 10th May - Snailwell Medieval Fayre, Snailwell, UK.
14th May - The Hurdy-Gurdy Festival, Youlgrave, Derbyshire, UK.
15th May - The Forest Folk Club, Whitecroft, near Lydney, Forest of Dean, UK.
16th May - The Hurdy-Gurdy Festival, Youlgrave, Derbyshire, UK.
6th - 7th June - Colchester Mediaeval Festival & Oyster Fayre, Colchester, Essex, UK.
13th -14th June - Les Medievales de Provins 2009, Provins, France.
20th - 21st June - Boars Bridge Folk Festival 2009, Little London, Hants, UK.
26th, 27th, 28th June Chatteris Medieval Festival 2009, Chatteris, Cambridshire, UK.
1st August - The Village Folk Club, The Limes, Catesfield, Fareham, UK
8th - 9th August - Bodelwyddan Mediaeval Festival, Bodelwyddan Castle, Denbighshire, North Wales, UK.
22nd - 23rd August - Lanark History Festival, Lanark, Scotland, UK.
29th - 30th August - Jackdaws Festival, Kelvedon, Essex, UK.
4th September - Sonic World Festival, Lumb Farm, Ripley, Derbyshire, UK.
5th September - private mediaeval ball, Edinburgh, UK.
12th - 13th September - East Anglian Mediaeval Fayre, Wimblington, Cambridgeshire, UK.
19th September - private mediaeval ball at Farnham Bishop's Stortford, UK.
25th October - The Jug of Punch Folk Club, Sutton Coldfield, UK.
31st October - private mediaeval ball, Petersfield, Hampshire, UK.
4th November - Havering Folk Club, Romford, UK.
6th November - Cambridge Folk Club, Cambridge, UK.
2010
15th January - Maggie Sand with her project Alquimia at the theatre of the British Museum, London, UK. to celebrate the Moctezuma Aztec Ruler exhibition
29th January - Oxford Folk Club, Oxford, U.K.
2nd February - Romford Folk Cub, Romford, London UK.
18th February - Orpington Folk Club, Orpington, Kent, UK.
16th to 30th April - German tour:
17th - April - Hinterhalt Club, Munich, Munsing,
(Other dates to be confirmed.)
12th June - Private mediaeval ball, Preston, Lancashire, UK
16th July - Fridayfolk Club, Orpington, Kent, UK.
18th July - FAB Club, Grays, Essex, UK.
7th August - Private medieval ball, Gloucestershire, UK.
4th of September - The Village Folk Club, The Limes public house, Catesfield, Fareham, UK
Nice to hear back from you. Thought that you were truly unique and very orginal in your gig at Orpington folk club. As regards my music watch this space... another album out soon (the 4th!). My latest can be heard in entirity at http://cdbaby.com/cd/andysmythe3 Look forward to seeing you around the circuit again.
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