Old Spot & Jeri & Ruth Live in The Royal Oak Barn

Presented by: Joe Danks

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0	WIRKSWORTH: The Royal Oak
P	Saturday 24th February, 2024
N	8:00pm

Event information

After a sold out gig in April 2023, Old Spot are back in the Royal Oak barn, this time with fellow young Old Time Duo Jeri & Ruth!

Old Spot (Rowan Piggott and Joe Danks) and Jeri Foreman & Ruth Eliza spent 2023 providing fiddle and banjo duos to festivals and venues throughout England, Scotland and Wales. All of them are highly respected throughout the country as individual musicians, with numerous other credits to their names. All find common ground in Appalachian Old Time Music, the historic sound of multiple cultures meeting in the New World (indigenous, colonial and slaves), which has seen both duos researching through archives, as well as writing new music in the traditional style. Old Spot started playing together in 2022 and have toured extensively, proving themselves as an entrancing act throughout England. Jeri Foreman and Ruth Eliza debuted as a duo in 2023 and spent that summer preaching the good word of old time music at bluegrass festivals. This pair of duos will join forces this winter for a some very special shows, featuring short sets by each act, intimate conversations between close friends, followed by a quartet show, to contextualise the full old time band experience! Gorgeous playing and maximum enthusiasm for the genre – it's an exciting time for British old time music!