Firefly Burning & Counter's Creek

Firefly Burning are a 5-piece ensemble from North East London creating impressionistic music - part art-folk song, part minimalist chamber music.  Evoking sounds of Sufjan Stevens, Steve Reich and Kate Bush, the band draws on avant-pop, experimental folk, classical minimalism and Javanese Gamelan to ‘paint sound pictures and take the audience in myriad directions at will’ (For Folks Sake). With ecclectic tastes and a background in free improvisation, their music encompasses strings, piano, synthesiser, electric guitar and gamelan, centred on close vocal harmonies that echo William Byrd and The Beach Boys.

The release of their second album ‘Skeleton Hill’ in 2015 garnered critical success for it’s rich tapestry and originality.  Borne out of a two year collaboration with legendary producer Tim Friese-Greene (Talk Talk), the album unites their adventurous poetic spirit with a direct, pop sensibility.

'imaginative, original hybrid sound..both richly intriguing and subtle, a neat tapestry that is a joy to unravel' ★★★★ MusicOHM

'strange but soaring, dense but addictive...ideal for anybody who wishes Kate Bush were a bit more arty or Steve Reich were a lot more folky' ★★★★ The Times

'fresh, original and often audacious…old and futuristic at the same time' ★★★★ MOJO Magazine

'Flecks of Gentle Giant, Joni Mitchell and Fleet Foxes…a contemporary folk album with art-prog leanings: if Bjork got into 'The Wicker Man' it's be almost as unintentionally spooky as this…Cleansing.'

Prog Magazine

'vital and indefinable' For Folks Sake

'Quirky, challenging and innovative music…uncompromising in their bold and stark musical vision.' Bright Young Folk

'utterly hypnotic...intoxicating, beautiful and affirming'

Matchbox Magazine

WATCH FIREFLY BURNING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TOjchrBmRY

Folk trio Counter's Creek make original roots music inspired by the folk music of the Britain and Ireland, jigs and reels from Eastern Europe and rhythms from West Africa, all rooted in a strong melodic sensibility with closely interwoven harmonies allied to a real sense of swing and dance energy.  

Fiddle, banjo and mandolin player Tom Newell is known for his work with Effra, The Ceilidh Liberation Front, Alex Mendham & His Orchestra and pop acts including Muse and Lana Del Rey. Guitarist Moss Freed plays with jazz/folk group Flekd, the Spike Orchestra, and has recently recorded for John Zorn’s Tzadik label. Whistle player Jonathan Taylor, best known as a jazz  pianist, has played with Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley, Ruby Turner and a host of British jazz luminaries. He's also co-founder of Tango Siempre, and has worked as an arranger for Robert Wyatt. Counter's Creek are three much respected musicians from very different backgrounds, united by a love of the finest in roots music, firing tunes and earthy dance grooves. 

WATCH COUNTER'S CREEK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqyoweXY5uQ

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