Folking Live Proudly Presents SHOW OF HANDS with Miranda Sykes

DATE OF PERFORMANCE - Wednesday 1st October 2008 in the Great Hall at the Farnham Maltings

The UK’s foremost Acoustic, folk and Roots duo are back raising the rafters of the Great Hall and accompanied by the queen of the voodoo lounge Miss Miranda Sykes. Don’t miss what promises to be one of the most memorable shows of 2008!

For those not in the know Steve Knightley and Phil Beer are widely acknowledged as the finest acoustic roots duo in England. Knightley, who writes most of their inspired material and Beer, a dazzling multi instrumentalist, have built up a huge following which has seen them twice sell out the Albert Hall , headlining at major festivals from Glastonbury to WOMAD and playing all over the world, from Europe to America, Australia and India. Voted Best Live Act by the public at the 2004 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, the jury is still out on just what kind of music they play. A genre defying mix of rock, roots, blues, country, trad, and often influenced by the music of other countries, it is played out on an array of instruments from slide guitar to fiddle, mandolin to South American cuatro.