Hello all and welcome to yet another edition of Malfunctioning Musical Madness. I'm now going to stop talking like a gameshow host, and get on with the topic in hand. Today's blog entry is a review of the performance of the band Urban Folk Quartet, who I had the pleasure of going to see last night.
Urban Folk Quartet (UFQ) are a folk band (duh) made up of four musicians:
- Frank Moon (Oud, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals)
- Tom Chapman (Percussion, Vocals)
- Joe Broughton (Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals)
- Paloma Trigas (Fiddle, Vocals)
They play a mixture of music that encompasses traditional folk sounds, Middle Eastern music, and Latin American music. This is all incorporated seamlessly into their songs, and the result is fantastic. All four are very talented musicians, Joe is both a brilliant fiddle player but a very good guitarist. Paloma is a fantastic fiddle player, and her vocals were great. Frank Moon plays the Oud, and interesting middle eastern instrument with a lovely sound that was demonstrated on a song they played in which he took the lead. Finally Tom Chapman, the percussionist who uses an interesting set of percussive instruments including a cajon, his talent for percussion was very high and his vocal appearance on one song was very good.
The performance was fantastic, all members looked like they were having a good time, and the audience did too. Having only heard about the band at the beginning of the week, I'm glad I took a chance and went to see them. As a band they function faultlessly, without a wrong note. They are one of my favourite folk acts about, and I thoroughly recommend them.
Anyway that's it from me for now, I don't know when the next entry will be, but I'll try and submit one soon.
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