Old-time and bluegrass duo Old Spot, with Rowan Piggott and Joe Danks, play Down By Here on High Street.
Old Spot play Down By Here on Tuesday 1 December, from 7pm to 10:30pm. The duo is Rowan Piggott and Joe Danks, and the night is put on by Down By Here at 210 High St in Swansea.
They've been around since 2023, when they burst onto the scene with a critically acclaimed debut album and a whirlwind UK tour. Since then, they've carved out a name for themselves in old-time music, and this show brings their new album, recorded in the Scottish Borders, to the stage. It's fresh material and atmospheric arrangements, so the set will lean on the new record while keeping the older songs in the mix.
There's a fair bit of ground between the two of them. Rowan Piggott is a folk fiddler, traditional singer and tune collector from the foothills of the Burren on Ireland's west coast, known for writing and performing with the award-winning trio The Wilderness Yet. Joe Danks is a Nottingham multi-instrumentalist and singer who grew up on the American folk his parents played; he plays five-string and gourd banjo and tours with experimental folk artists Jim Ghedi and Nick Jonah Davis. Together they play old-time music, a traditional American style that sits at the heart of what they do.
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They describe their live show as equal parts intimate and electrifying, and critics have called their sound fresh, modern and spacious while remaining deeply rooted in traditional old-time. The new album, recorded in the Scottish Borders, brings the latest material and the atmospheric arrangements they'll be playing. It runs from 7pm to 10:30pm on Tuesday 1 December at Down By Here, 210 High St, Swansea SA1 1PE.
