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Equally at home in diverse worlds/scenarios, Peter is a skilled practitioner who conjures and crafts aural images as well as contrasting soundscapes. His years of experience crossing boundaries and genres mean his music falls beyond categorisation and narrow thinking.
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Posted by Peter Knight on September 3rd 2020 We are beyond...
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Peter Knight (born 27 May 1947) is an English folk musician, a former member of British folk rock group Steeleye Span. Born in London, Knight learnt to play the violin and mandolin as a child before going to the Royal Academy of Music from 1960 to 1964.
In the wake of his departure from Steeleye Span, fiddle player Peter Knight has turned his full attention to his trio Gigspanner, and in the process established their reputation as one of the most genuinely ground-breaking forces on the British folk scene, inspiring Maverick magazine to write "Gigspanner are pushing at the boundaries, expanding ...
As a pupil at The Royal Academy of Music he began a fascination with classical and baroque sources which, if you listen underpins his playing, a point emphasised by his absorbing rendition of Canon By Telemann in which he forms his own string section through use of playbacks, sequencers and loops.
Feb 5, 2014 · Fiddle player Peter Knight, best known for his 43 year association with Steeleye Span, and now with his trio Gigspanner, is presently working on a new solo a...
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Sep 3, 2020 · Posted by Peter Knight on September 3rd 2020 We are beyond excited to announce that The Gigspanner Big Big Band will be playing a live concert on Monday the 21st of September. It will be livestreamed from the legendary Nettlebed Folk Club.
Mar 1, 2016 · Peter Knight – bio. Although his name is synonymous with the seminal Folk-Rock Band Steeleye Span, Peter Knight has avoided being categorised purely as a Folk Musician due to the diversity of musical genres that he chooses to apply to his music making, and to the musicians he has chosen to work with.
