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Caraway with support from Pete Thornton Group - in collaboration with the Cambridge Folk Festival

Sometimes stripped bare, sometimes hard-hitting, Caraway’s songs tell stories of today’s world – from conversations with strangers to body memory, freight ships and NHS waiting lists. With a soul-stirring and cinematic sound, they blend poetic lyrics with rich soundscapes, foley samples, intricate rhythms, double bass grooves and sultry horn lines.

Led by Polly Meyrick on vocals, saxophone and clarinet, Caraway’s line-up blends electronic and organic sounds, resonating with artists like Bonobo, Submotion Orchestra, This Is The Kit, Ezra Collective and Portico Quartet. 

Polly Meyrick - vocals/saxophone/clarinet

Tom Valentine - keys/vocals

Dom Cramp - trumpet/synth/samples

James Simpson - guitar

Paul Hopkins - double bass/synth bass

Kyle Edwards - drums

Pete Thornton Group

Highlands-born Multi-instrumentalist Pete Thornton brings a World-class quartet playing his modern take on Scottish Traditional Music. Combining his folk upbringing in with his current career on the jazz and pop scene in London, Pete presents a fresh and unique sound unheard anywhere else in the world. Pete has toured all around the world with Scottish artists such as Causeway Trio, Ainsley Hamill and Anna MacDonald, as well as appearing regularly on the London Jazz and World music circuit with the Brass Funkeys, Balkanoes and Windy City Weatherbirds.

Having already featured at Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Celtic Connections and the Fishguard Folk Festival this is not to be missed.

Pete Thornton – Guitar, Mandolin, Trombone

David Swan - Piano

Andy Robb – Doble Bass

Fred Harper - Drums

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