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Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell are a two-man trad tornado tearing through the folk world with foot percussion, fiddle, guitar, vocals, and groove to spare. Kitted out with bouncing basslines, tight harmonies, and offbeat charm, they’re just a couple of lads with a tangle of strings - yet they somehow summon the sound and swagger of a much bigger band. Their sets blend original material with tunes they’ve found in the wild, delivered with harmonies, tall tales, and a streak of serious silliness. Musically, they straddle tradition and mischief, with one foot in the folk archive and the other slipping into a psychedelic sock. Some tracks glisten with clean lines and elegant harmonies - crystalline structures that shimmer in the light of contemporary trad. Others veer gleefully off course, hopping the blues train for a whistle stop tour of the Québécois folk line.
Arthur, a fiddler raised in Aberdeenshire, builds rolling, riff-heavy tunes rooted in Scottish tradition and his studies under Jonny Hardie (Old Blind Dogs). Kerran, a melodic schemer from Cumbria, draws on pop and choral training to weave in crisp harmonies and satisfying twists.
Expect trad turned sideways, storytelling with a twist, and enough mischief to keep things interesting.
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Tickets (£12) available now
from https://wegottickets.com/PoppyFolkClub
or https://wegottickets.com/PoppyFolkClub
Doors open 7:00pm.
Concert starts at 7:30pm.
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Poppy and Pint, 1 Oak Tree Close, Nottingham, NG2 5DE, United Kingdom
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