Amy Thatcher brings elegance, sophistication and class to the Monsters - Amy plays accordion like Jekyll and Hyde; sometimes flourishing and decorous, at others hard and fast. You may have seen Amy recently playing in the ‘Kathryn Tickell Band’ and ‘The Shee’ (recently nominated for the BBC2 Horizon Award).
Carly Blain plays fiddle, border fiddlers dont get much better than this! Carly rips out tunes which make feet stamp and hearts pound. Carly also plays with Harris Playfair’s Junction Pool and Scottish Border Young Fiddlers.
Dave De La Haye is a demonic bass player/composer who stands out in Newcastle as one of the leading lights in contemporary music. Dave is firmly 'in the pocket' and has one monstrous groove. Dave is currently touring with Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies and is a part of the awesome Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle.
Kieran Szifris on mandocello/octave mandolin brings raucous rhythm and harmony which drives and underpins the band. Kieran plays out with the mighty ‘Hundred Man Orchestra’.
The Monster Ceilidh Band is a fresh, new Newcastle-based ceilidh band fusing the traditional with the modern.
The Monsters are starting a revolution in Newcastle! Beginning as a humble ceilidh band, they used their collected knowledge of different styles and genres to form new ways of playing traditional and contemporary music. The Monsters decided to organize monthly ceilidhs in Newcastle to bring folk music to a wider audience. As each ceilidh grew in attendance, the Monsters grew from strength to strength. Now the band is formidable - spending more and more time arranging and composing new music that demands attention!
Drawing on a wealth of combined knowledge they excite, uplift and entertain masterfully. Having played alongside each other in an array of different line-ups, the Monsters create a lively stage show which they skillfully translate to the dance floor.
The Monsters will be the talk of any occasion whether it be birthdays , festival performances or weddings.
"The coolest ceilidh band around"
Kathryn Tickell
"...a Godzilla of a band with talent as deep as Loch Ness!"
Jez Lowe
"An album of twists and turns and infectious charm, anarchic ceilidh for a riotous generation" Aidan O'Rourke, LAU
"Outrageously foot stomping tunes"
Off The Tracks Festival
"The Monsters really stepped up the energy when they played the National Forest Folk Festival with two outrageously foot-stomping sets. The hit of the whole festival without a shadow of a doubt."
Mike Scott - National Forest Folk Festival 2009
If you would like to book the Monster Ceilidh Band, please contact:-
monsterceilidhband@googlemail.com
Live videos taken by Simmo7ts
All illustrations by Lucy Farfort of Doris Illustrated please contact us if you would like any information on Lucy and her work.
I think that us fruity ladies *oooh err..* would go down a right treat at a ceilidh... know any good ceilidh bands who might like to team up...!?
Very glad you like our dakad dakad's...we do too!
Fruity references gladly recieved...we'll fit somemore in. funnily enough at Beverley they took stuff straight off the website for the programme....how embarrassing...!
Hi dudes! Hope you're well...Saturday was fun & you've got two new fans...indeed folk converts...as Nuala and Gwen now want to come to the album launch with me. :) xxx
Greetings from Vancouver Island Canada! Have been enjoying visiting your MySpace site. Great songs! Thanks for accepting our Friend request. Cheers, "The McShane Family."
Just to let you know I've launched a new website: www.StressFreePrint.co.uk. If you get a sec, please take a look around and let me know what you think. As always, give me a shout if you need any leaflets, flyers or posters to promote your gigs. Hope I can help you out sometime.
Take care and keep up the good work, Tom.
P.S. Cheers for your friendship. As a thank you, enter voucher code 'myspace' when ordering leaflet printing, flyer printing or poster printing and I'll knock 15 quid off the cost!
Heya Folks, Thanx for the add.. hope you're doing fine... I enjoyed what I listened to on your profile. Hope you enjoyed my tunes too... Cheers from France Steph
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