Music
Davey Dodds
When: 19 Feb 2023
Described by Fantasy Forest Festival as “The Master of Celtic rock’n’reel”, Davey Dodds fronts a startlingly good live band. The music is Celtic, psychedelic, Pagan and life-affirming – they will set your feet dancing!
Davey is a songwriter of some renown. His classic, ‘The Magpie’, was recorded by The Unthanks, used on The Detectorists on BBC2 and broadcast from The Proms in 2018. The same song was covered by David Gilmour in 2020.
A recent review described the band members as “Forces of nature”. Davey himself provides the lead vocals and plays electric and acoustic octave mandolins. Gillie Hotson flies her electric violin, Daniel Billing drives the music with his bass and David Clifford powers the band with his drums.
Davey has an interesting history. In 1994, his old band, Red Jasper headlined The European Symphonic Rock Festival. Shortly afterwards, SI Music, the Dutch record label the band was signed to, went bust. Davey went off to live on a different planet and worked as a fly-fishing guide in remote, wilderness locations. People and events prodded him back into playing and writing in 2017. Three albums later – he’s having a blast! The adventure continues…..
“A rare and exciting musical talent” (Prog Magazine).
Dates:
19th Feb 2023, 19:30 pm
Ticket Prices:
On The Door: £12.00
Advanced: £10.00
