Wood Festival warm-up show.

Wallingford’s Band Of Hope grew out of a local open mic night, the Acoustic Ballroom, bringing together an assortment of seasoned musicians. Individually they’ve played with the likes of Mew, Danny & The Champs, Rout, Ben Marwood, Amy Winehouse and Sadie & The Hotheads. They are currently recording their debut album on each other’s kitchen tables when time permits, but can be heard as the backing band on the latest LP from Neil Halstead, Palindrome Hunches.

Like a folk-pop hydra, The Oh So Many were born on a brindling day in April 2012 of a hangover and a critical mass of interested musicians. They have taken several forms and consisted of a dozen or so different players and an even larger number of different instruments.

The Keys and Odran Trümmel are gaelic singer-songwriters touring extensively across europe, their music draws lines between jazz, pop and folk and poetic lyricism.

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