“Rousing, heart-breaking and foot-stomping in equal measures... barnstorming vaudeville folk brilliance”
- Chris Long - BBC Manchester
“Excellent in every way”
- Chris Hawkins, BBC Radio 6
“One of the best and unique bands for their music, theatre and entertainment that the UK has produced this century”
- USA Weekly News
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the black velvet band
the black velvet band
the black velvet band
the black velvet band
the black velvet band
the black velvet band
the black velvet band
the black velvet band
the black velvet band
the black velvet band
Many believe that the number of love songs in the world far outstrip the number of things with which one can fall in love. That is why Louis Barabbas & The Black Velvet Band are doing their very best to readdress the balance, penning twisted dirt-folk about lust and loathing, served up on an exuberant gobbet of malicious delight. Stories about grieving lovers, thieving lovers and deceiving lovers seep from their songbook like a putrescent parade of painful parables. It's strangely beautiful - but not very. Expect to hear growly narratives spat out over dissonant riffs coaxed from beat-up banjos, trumpets, saxophones, mandolins, cellos, violins, lap-steels, accordions, glockenspiels, pianos and spoons. Heavy, hairy and (mostly) in harmony.
the black velvet band
the black velvet band
