Edward 11

Their set moves expansively from reworked folk standards like “Wild Mountain Thyme” or “La Russe” to Caribbean classics like Gregory Isaacs “Night Nurse”. They were long renowned as one of the freshest, funkiest acts on the circuit, they sent crowds from Shetland to Sri Lanka, Brazil to Bangladesh into a jigging, skanking frenzy with their superlative live shows. 2009 see the return of EII ‘for one year only’ and featuring the original seven-piece line up A handful of selected festivals through the year will see the band return to their live roots after a decade apart ending with this November tour.