Something Nasty In The Woodshed are a band. Not a folk band nor a rock band but a band with their toes dappling in both ponds.

Some two and a half times larger than a duo, they take the jigs and reels from the attics of their ancestors and plug them into the National Grid.

With songs of Jacobean derring-do and seagoing grief, they bring a refreshing blast of tempo and rhythm to the folk traditions of the British Isles (without the aid of dodgy knitwear).

The line up features Barry Steele, a former military pipe champion on bagpipes, guitar & vocals, Norman Jackson on mandolin, banjo & cittern, Mark Croft, an orchestrally trained percussionist on drums, Craig Scott on guitars and Pete Mallinson on bass, keyboards & vocals.

Their repertoire is largely traditional with a few self-penned songs thrown in and with influences ranging from Celtic and Northumbrian

I was trying to think of one word to describe Anthony John Clarke and kept coming up with a multitude of adjectives. Determined to succeed I decided that the only word to describe him fully was "comfortable". He is comfortable with his songs, he is comfortable with his surroundings and, above all, he is supremely comfortable with his audience.

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