Mr Griff and The Grifters are an original funk, soul, fusion band from Cambridge. They have supported Jessie Ware, Melanie C, Natasha Beddingfield, Alabama 3, Smoove & Turrell, Cut Capers and The Edwin Starr Band. The band have two albums already under their belts, sell out local shows and a host of electrifying festival performances including The Cambridge Club Festival main stage, Secret Garden Party, Festival in the Gardens, Strawberry Fair, The Willow Fest and The Lazy Crow Winter Festival. The band also got 'track of the week' on BBC introducing, who describe it as “Moody, cool as hell, sunglasses on, jazz funk driven beauty”. After spending 20 years as a session drummer, bandleader Ian Griffith, has now established one of the freshest and most exciting new sounds to emerge from Cambridge in recent years.