BBC FOLK AWARDS ~ BEST LIVE ACT
Last month marked the FIRST EVER Demon Barber Clog Competition at Shepley Spring Festival!
The competition was set up by our own Demon Barber cloggies to provide a ‘no-rules’ competition that was open to all styles of clog dance.… Read more
Exciting weekend coming up for clog fans! The Lancashire Wallopers Weekend of Clog, (in Leyland on the 16th – 17th Feb) is one of my very favourite weekends of the year.… Read more
We’re very sad to announce that Lee Sykes, our charismatic Bass player and Rapper Sword dancer, is leaving The Demon Barbers. … Read more
Last year we were overwhelmed with the number of Morris & Hip Hop dance groups that supported The Lock In shows.… Read more
After a long hard think we’ve decided to change the name of our dance show ‘Time Gentlemen Please!’.
Earlier this year we made a successful application to Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring Fund which has given us the opportunity to rethink our image & promotion along with developing the show even further.… Read more
The Demon Barbers are proud to announce that Maz O’Connor’s debut album ‘Upon A Stranger Shore’ has been officially released on our label Demon Barber Sounds today.… Read more
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Traditional ballad from the singing of Nic Jones about two brothers, jelousy, a fight, death and consequence. Additional second verse written by Damien Barber
From the album:
WAXED 2005
First studio album and debut for Ben Griffith on drums.… Read more
The Demon Barbers are very proud to announce that our record label, Demon Barber Sounds, has signed the wonderfully talented Maz O’Connor and will be releasing her debut album on 2nd July 2012!… Read more
Broadcast on Sheffield Live 93.2 FM
Friday 25th March @ 13:00
With special guest Jim Molyneux talking about sheep & Spencer The Wild Rover who has just returned from his travels to Cromer.… Read more
Prima clogerina with The Demon Barber Roadshow & Time Gentlemen Please! writes about what a great year she’s had…
I had a pretty exciting year last year!… Read more
Our first festival of the year!
Roadshow is performing Friday night
Make a weekend of it!
Under 12s FREE… Read more
Many of you will know about the sad loss of Maggie last year (2014). This was her last blog for us and we’ve decided to leave it up in memory of one of her many wonderful projects.… Read more
A few months ago we had a guest blog from John Richards focussing on the plight of the folk club scene in the UK.… Read more
The Demon Barbers website has been undergoing some rigorous spring cleaning over the last few weeks due to unprecedented attempts by spammers to upload malware to our pages.… Read more
Broadcast on Sheffield Live 93.2 FM
March 29th @ 18:00
March 30th @ 13:00
With special guests Belinda O’Hooley & Heidi Tidow
ARTISTS FEATURED:
Our good friend, former TGP dancer and member of Black Swan Rapper is launching a new sword dance based project…
‘The Traipse’ takes a modern twist on traditional sword dancing into pubs and schools in Yorkshire as part of the Cultural Olympiad
Traditional sword-dancing gets a modern twist in ‘The Traipse’, a new project that will see dancers hot foot it onto the streets of Barnsley, Grimsby, Hull and Sheffield from 26 – 30 March 2012.… Read more
The UK’s No.1 Folk & Hip-Hop Dance Extravaganza is to be filmed for an exciting new documentary at the Harrogate Theatre on 1st March 2012.… Read more
Broadcast on Sheffield Live 93.2 FM
February 22nd @ 14:00
February 24th @ 13:00
With special guest Fay Hield
Although it’s few more weeks before The Demon Barbers are on the road again we are pleased to announce that Damien, Bryony & Will are taking their respective duos around the UK a lot sooner.
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