Probably the UK’s most high-energy contra dance band, Vertical Expression is what happens when you take two English ceilidh musicians on fiddle and melodeon and put them with a guitar and double bass rhythm section with a love of bluegrass and gypsy jazz, throw in some old time music and foot percussion, a bit of French-Canadian one-row box, a few Irish fiddle tunes, some Django Reinhardt-style guitar, a bit of creativity and a lot of energy and fun…
They are:
Charley Roberts – fiddle
Ian Roberts – melodeons and feet
Ian Benton – guitar
Margaret Benton – double bass
www.verticalexpressioncontra.co.uk
When & where: Saturday, 8pm, The Terrace, Devonshire House
