Posted by Peter Knight on January 2nd 2023
Happy New Year everyone. Back in the day, I recorded an album ‘An Ancient Cause’, and one of the tracks on that CD is called ‘Eb English’. It turned out to be a seed.
Posted by Peter Knight on December 16th 2022
Exciting Announcement!! The Gigspanner Big Band & Raynor Winn In association with FolkEast Present SALTLINES: 3 SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SCREENINGS STREAMED TO YOUR HOME
Posted by Peter Knight on May 17th 2022
SALTLINES Latest News We were delighted to be joined at our recent Saltlines rehearsals by the fabulous Folk on Foot team, led by Matthew Bannister. The star of our project is the South West Coast Path, and a perfect subject for the Folk on Foot Podcast, especially as we are collaborating with Raynor Winn, whose memoir The Salt Path, recalls her inspiring walk of the path, under the most difficult of circumstances.
Posted by Peter Knight on December 23rd 2021
Hi all and season's greetings. Myself and and John Spiers will be touring in February 2022. It is an album launch tour. The official release date of our new CD is February 11th 2022, although we are making it available before that date as a pre order. The plan is to post our pre ordered CDs around a week before the official release date.
Posted by Peter Knight on March 9th 2021
It is with the greatest pleasure that we announce that The Gigspanner Big Band will be headlining at the 'As You Like It' folk festival, hosted by the brilliant Costa Del Folk team. It takes place between the 26th and 29th July 2021 at Walton Hall, situated just outside Stratford upon Avon.
Posted by Peter Knight on September 26th 2020
The Gigspanner Big Band Live at Nettlebed Folk Club Retrospective Tickets For A Limited Time Only For those who missed the Gigspanner Big Band's Live Stream album launch concert on the 21st of September, we have some good news! By request, we have agreed to make tickets available for the video footage, which was streamed via a hidden Youtube link. The ticket will allow you to watch as many times as you like, for as long as the video remains online.
Posted by Peter Knight on September 8th 2020
Myself and John are recording our second CD while I am in the UK, and we thought it would be a good idea to arrange a live streaming concert on the last day of our rehearsal. Best laid plans.....Due to unforseen circumstance, we are moving the date of this gig to September 22nd. Sorry for any inconvenience. I'm really looking forward to playing with John again, and to see where our music goes this time. Peter.
Posted by Peter Knight on September 3rd 2020
We are beyond excited to announce that The Gigspanner Big Big Band will be playing a live concert on Monday the 21st of September. It will be livestreamed from the legendary Nettlebed Folk Club. We were devastated by the cancellation of our April/May Album launch tour, and to have this opportunity to play our rehearsed set to you, at long last, has brought a massive smile to our faces. We hope that it brings a smile to yours.
Posted by Peter Knight on April 10th 2020
Very pleased to announce that this new video is up and running. It's a song from our new CD officially released today, a beautiful song called 'Earl Brand' We recorded our own parts in our home studios and John Spiers put it all together. Well done John. Hope you like it.
Posted by Peter Knight on April 10th 2020
Hi All. Exciting day today. The launch of the new Gigspanner Big Band CD. We have a video of one of the tracks on our new CD 'Natural Invention' that we put together remotely. It's of the song "Earl Brand". It will be premiered at 4.30 UK time.