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Unapologetically complex and joyful, The Destroyers have been colliding world musics for nearly 20 years. Their behemothic sound is a chaotic cacophony of klezmer, Balkan and British folk. With twelve truly exceptional musicians from Birmingham their explosive and virtuosic live show needs to be seen to be believed.
Faustian fiddles, whirlwinds of woodwinds, braying brass, raucousness from the rhythm section, and salvos from the sousaphone destroy inhibitions and leave audiences bewildered, transported, beguiled, and wild. These tenacious, travelling troubadours have liberated ears, hearts, and minds at:
Glastonbury | WOMAD | Boomtown Fair | Secret Garden Party | Fire in the Mountain | Shambala | Cambridge Folk Festival | Gate to Southwell | Underneath the Stars | Nozstock Hidden Valley | Knockengorroch | Sidmouth Folk Week | Buskers Bern (SW) | Penabilli (IT) | Waterford Spraoi (IE), and many, many more.
Featured at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, on BBC 1, BBC 2, The One Show, Sky Arts TV, and plays on BBC Radio 2, 3, and 6 Music.
Meanwhile, offstage they have succeeded in distilling and bottling that essence and have released two critically acclaimed albums, Out of Babel ("Minimum pretence and maximum style.....a sophisticated tour de force" **** Songlines Magazine) and Hole in the Universe ("Highly danceable and original sound" 9/10 DJ Magazine), along with the recent Vortex EP and their latest album The Massive Gong.
Faustian fiddles, whirlwinds of woodwinds, braying brass, raucousness from the rhythm section, and salvos from the sousaphone destroy inhibitions and leave audiences bewildered, transported, beguiled, and wild. These tenacious, travelling troubadours have liberated ears, hearts, and minds at:
Glastonbury | WOMAD | Boomtown Fair | Secret Garden Party | Fire in the Mountain | Shambala | Cambridge Folk Festival | Gate to Southwell | Underneath the Stars | Nozstock Hidden Valley | Knockengorroch | Sidmouth Folk Week | Buskers Bern (SW) | Penabilli (IT) | Waterford Spraoi (IE), and many, many more.
Featured at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, on BBC 1, BBC 2, The One Show, Sky Arts TV, and plays on BBC Radio 2, 3, and 6 Music.
Meanwhile, offstage they have succeeded in distilling and bottling that essence and have released two critically acclaimed albums, Out of Babel ("Minimum pretence and maximum style.....a sophisticated tour de force" **** Songlines Magazine) and Hole in the Universe ("Highly danceable and original sound" 9/10 DJ Magazine), along with the recent Vortex EP and their latest album The Massive Gong.
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