Reviews

Folkworld 2007 10th year anniversary issue
In the morning I arose, and I walked among the meadows. There I met a nightingale who was singing in the treetops: Dindirin dindirin dindirin dana dindirindin. "Dindirin", the song of the nightingale passing messages between two lovers, sets the stage for English, Spanish and Italian music from the 12th to the 19th century, including an excerpt from the "Carmina Burana" and the well known medieval estampie "La Rotta". Horses Brawl is a Norfolk based instrumental duo which had been formed in 2003. Laura Cannell and Adrian Lever play (bowed) guitar, recorder, crumhorn and fiddle, their second album "Dindirin" again is a collection of early and traditional music. At times experimental and virtuosic, they fuse folk, traditional and baroque music with a contemporary feel. Laura and Adrian take no prisoners, e.g. the traditional East Anglian fiddle tune "Shave the Donkey" sounds like a Scandinavian nyckelharpa piece. Thus Horses Brawl and "Dindirin" never get boring. Search it out!

Quick quotes

"It's great stuff.....an early music group to keepan eye on"
BBC RADIO 3

"Foot-tapping folk rhythms and baroque ornamentation".
THE TELEGRAPH

"Highly experimental, technically wonderful....a fantastic and vibrant performance"
TRADITION Magazine

"Deeply entwined in the sound of medieval and traditional folk, Horses Brawl are giving a 21st century makeover to the dance music of the past"
BBC Norfolk

"Horses Brawl's music is vibrant, engaging and completely spellbinding.....I love it, one of the most exciting bands around"
Steafan Hannigan

"A fascinating progression from formal dance music to semi-improvisation that had the packed audience roaring for more"
fROOTs FORUM Album launch review