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Horses Brawl on BBC Radio 3's Late Junction Thursday 5th June 2008
Late Junction Recorded live at Bath International Music Festival

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PART FOLK - PART EARLY - PART TRAINED PRECISION - PART WILD ABANDON

Welcome to the home of Horses Brawl, a groundbreaking contemporary instrumental duo from East Anglia, UK.

Horses Brawl present an innovative take early music, with roots in renaissance, medieval, baroque and folk traditions they re-work, re-compose and explore unconventional techniques.

A masterclass in turning one instrument into many, Horses Brawl play bowed guitar, double barrelled recorders and crumhorn solos.

 
"It's great stuff.....an early music group to keep an 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
 
"Hot crumhorn action"
Earlysound.com

"A fascinating progression from formal dance music to semi-improvisation that
had the packed audience roaring for more"
fROOTs FORUM
Album launch review
 
"performed with tremendous energy, virtuosity and verve...happy experiments with sound
colour and technique... there is neither a slavish attempt to imitate folk styles, nor have the
players taken out shares in the deeply irritating ‘Merrie Englande Inc’."
SONGLINES Magazine
 
"There's a lot of sublety and invention in the ways [Horses Brawl] find to combine the sounds
at their disposal - the delicate arrangement of Douce Dame Jolie borders on chamber music."
fROOTS

"toe-tappingly jolly to sensually languorous and even to the strange and almost disturbing"
THE RECORDER MAGAZINE