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Profound and eloquent, epic, haunting and dramatic, Masters of improvisation The Ciderhouse Rebellion sees virtuoso musicians Adam Summerhayes and Murray Grainger combine to produce incredible spontaneous tapestries of sound.
The pair specialise in creating music in the moment, based on traditional tunes or their own compositions – often springing from a single note, key, time signature or emotion. It’s this unusually improvisatory focus that is uniquely magical. Their quest is to create music with no conscious thought between conception and playing – always searching for the unexpected and the possibility to create a deep sonic narrative that transports the audience.
Winners, best Instrumental Album 2022 - Fatea
Live at Manchester Folk Festival: https://youtu.be/HtNW0Le6gUc
Both Adam (violin) and Murray (accordion) are recognised virtuoso musicians in their own right, touring the world as professional artists. Although the pair only started working together in 2020, they have already released 4 celebrated albums, won Arts Council support, been featured on Folk on Foot, scored a BBC Radio 4 play and played significant festivals across the UK and Europe.
‘Gorgeous stuff’ – BBC Radio 3
‘Compelling, exciting and utterly original’ – Phil Beer (Show of Hands)
‘Beautiful’ – Songlines
‘Free-flowing, ambitious and fiercely creative’. The Strad
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Profound and eloquent, epic and haunting, wild, dramatic and occasionally unhinged, The Ciderhouse Rebellion specialise in creating music within the moment.
The duo brings together master accordionist Murray Grainger and fiddle player Adam Summerhayes - each performance uniquely magical in its improvisatory focus, whether based on a traditional tune or springing from a single unplanned note.
"I became utterly bewitched by the beauty of what Summerhayes and Grainger had created. It could justifiably be described as a folk symphony, possessing cyclical completeness yet creating a form that is, at once, both elemental and pastoral.” Fatea Magazine
“A work of startling, immediate beauty.” The Strad
“Grainger’s accordion with Summerhayes’s fiddle is especially beautiful.” Songlines
“Adam Summerhayes has been described as a ‘Paganini’ of the traditional violin. " fRoots
"Two virtuoso musicians playing some of the most startling and original music you will ever encounter. Compelling, exciting and utterly original" Phil Beer, Show Of Hands
Read MoreThe duo brings together master accordionist Murray Grainger and fiddle player Adam Summerhayes - each performance uniquely magical in its improvisatory focus, whether based on a traditional tune or springing from a single unplanned note.
"I became utterly bewitched by the beauty of what Summerhayes and Grainger had created. It could justifiably be described as a folk symphony, possessing cyclical completeness yet creating a form that is, at once, both elemental and pastoral.” Fatea Magazine
“A work of startling, immediate beauty.” The Strad
“Grainger’s accordion with Summerhayes’s fiddle is especially beautiful.” Songlines
“Adam Summerhayes has been described as a ‘Paganini’ of the traditional violin. " fRoots
"Two virtuoso musicians playing some of the most startling and original music you will ever encounter. Compelling, exciting and utterly original" Phil Beer, Show Of Hands
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