THE SPOOKY MEN'S CHORALE

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Pull Up The Roots is delighted to welcome back The Spooky Men's Chorale after their previous two sold-out shows at the stunning Union Chapel.

Be very afraid. Australia's notorious Spooky Men's Chorale returns to the UK for one more tilt at the windmill of impossible masculine musico-foolishness!

Wave goodbye to choirs as you know them. This one is a macho juggernaut - zany, black-clad, big as a behemoth and show-stoppingly good. The behatted line-up will regale Spooky veterans and virgins alike with rib-tickling and sometimes heart-rending original compositions and eloquent arrangements by the inspired deerstalker-topped Kiwi choral impresario, Stephen Taberner.

Compellingly comic they may be but make no mistake, this is a class act. Not only can they sing like angels; they also maintain an impressive deadpan grandeur amidst the mayhem of their madcap humour. Who says men can't multi-task?!

A highlight of their 2009 tour was at Shrewsbury Folk Festival when they joined forces with award-winning English roots act Show of Hands for "a folk song from Yorkshire" (The Human League's Don't You Want Me) - an unlikely pairing that brought the house down whilst in a Sidmouth pub they tangled vocal chords with hot property Cornish shanty choir Fisherman's Friends.

With a sound variously described as "sexy, powerful., impossibly gentle and sad but unmistakably male" and "as warm as toast and as grainy as teak", their repertoire ranges from Georgian drinking songs to whisper perfect ballads and a string of improbable original hits like Don't Stand Between a Man and his Tool' and 'Stop Scratching It' They also offer hilarious, elephantine retreatments of classics like Earth, Wind & Fire's Boogie Wonderland and the funniest version of Abba's Dancing Queen you are likely to witness.

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Singer/songwriter Lucy Wise and accordionist Mischa Herman compose and perform acoustic music inspired by their backgrounds in Celtic and associated folk music traditions. Lucy's intricate vocal stylings and instrumental playing (guitar/ukuele/Appalachian dulcimer) draw the listener into her storytelling as she explores themes both local and global.

"Melodic arrangements, lovely tunes, whimsical lyrics and great playing." ANDY IRVINE

For more information see:

www.pulluptheroots.co.uk