Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six

Northern progenitors of the UK Dirt-Swing movement, Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six have won praise and support from the likes of Supergrass, Blockheads, Har Mar Superstar, Mark Steel, The Hell’s Angels and even the Beat Poet biographer Barry Miles – both for their furious onstage energy and Louis’ manic lyrical gymnastics. Their infamous live shows – incorporating rock, jazz, folk and theatre influences – regularly inspire stage invasions, dancing in the aisles and a confused mixture of exhaustion and bonhomie wherever they go.