The Shakespeare Heptet
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Is this the year of The Shakespeare Heptet?
I love the The Shakespeare Heptet. I have previously called them the greatest unknown band in the UK. So I was pleased to catch them in one of their Brighton Fringe performances at St Mary The Virgin in Kemptown on Saturday 13th May. The Heptet is designed to have a revolving cast. But on Saturday 13th May,…
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The Shakespeare Heptet – the greatest unknown band in the UK
And great Art beaten down was the phrase suddenly rolling doomily in my head last night. I was drinking a nice pint of bitter in a pub called The World’s End in Brighton while hugely enjoying The Shakespeare Heptet playing in the corner of a pub. As usual, their musicianship was near immaculate. This despite the fact that outside in…
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Brighton Fringe: The Shakespeare Heptet
In the last year or so, The Shakespeare Heptet have morphed from a beguiling two guitar two piece, (with the shade of Shakespeare making up the former Shakespeare Trio) into the barnstorming Shakespeare Heptet who, in its current iteration, also features percussion, bass and banjo. The result is that their mix of blues, folk and magpied scraps…
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