BBC FOLK AWARDS ~ BEST LIVE ACT
The Demon Barbers are looking for singers to take part in a project with Cleckheaton Folk Festival and Creative Scene, an arts project that commissions, programmes and produces projects in North Kirklees, West Yorkshire.… Read more
Thanks to everyone who voted for us at this year’s Folking Awards!
Produced by Grammy Award winners Donal Hodgson and Kipper
And you can buy a copy direct from us (via Paypal) for only £12 inc p+p!… Read more
We have two fancy dress parties this Summer!
Fri 31st July – Sidmouth Folk Festival
Wed 12th August – Broadstairs Folk Festival
This year’s theme is DISCO!!… Read more
Press Release:
10.2.14
‘Maverick English Folk’, The Demon Barbers, who celebrate their 15th anniversary this year, have teamed up with Grammy & Emmy Award winning producers for their upcoming new album ‘Disco At The Tavern’
Donal Hodgson and Kipper who are best known for their work with Sting, were introduced to the band by The Wilson Family following their recent involvement in Sting’s latest project, ‘The Last Ship’
Both Donal & Kipper have impressive CVs:
As Sting’s current recording engineer, Donal is at the top of his game (his Emmy was awarded in 2011 for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for his work on A&E’s Private Sessions, Sting at Red Rocks) he has also engineered and mixed recordings for many high profile bands such as Primal Scream, The Police and Tina Turner.… Read more
Winners of ‘Best Live Act’ @ BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009
Renowned for their no holds barred approach to their live shows The Demon Barbers return to the concert stage with a new repertoire, extra band members and a modern twist to their multi-award winning Roadshow.… Read more
After winning the Tyzack Trophy for ‘most exciting team’ in Burton-on-Trent last year, it was the turn of our old friends, Black Swan Rapper to host the 2014 event on their own turf in Leeds.… Read more
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
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
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:
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
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