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Weekend gig news
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Jul 6th, 2010 |
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We were busy bunnies over the w
eekend, we had a good time at the 7th Annual Whatstandwell Festival playing alongside LoFiLung and Lucy Ward, both great musicians and fun to see and hear. We were called on to play an encore which was very nice of the audience some of whom were bizarrely dressed for a beach party- near Matlock???
Next day we had a last minute request to play at The Mercia Marina in Willington and again had great fun and were told later “you were the best band all weekend”- which is always good to hear.
We’re working on some new material at the moment and we’re talking to show promoters so check back soon for some more gig dates.
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Green Fortune are not the brain child of a musical guru, they are not manufactured. What you see is what you get: powerful, alternative folk rock, made with love, blood, sweat and tears; the bastard love-child of Punk meets Folk, drunken revelry meets love stories, fairytale meets reality, dragged kicking and screaming from the musical womb and thrown onto the stage. Carefully crafted songs lift you up, shake you by the throat and bowl you over. This white knuckle ride draws on the real British folk tradition; these new Lords of Misrule are irreverent, moving, subversive and disconcerting. Fiercely independent, Green Fortune have created something new, exciting, dangerous and uncomfortable. Our Photos
