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Global Traditions: Track Dogs and Banter

Global Traditions: Track Dogs and Banter

Guest Artists

Date and time
09 May 2025 8pm - 10.30pm
Location

The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR

Price

£20
£10 over 60s, under 16s

Booking Information

Wheelchair users are entitled to concessionary priced tickets with a complimentary companion seat.

Assistance dogs are welcome at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire venues. If you wish to bring an assistance dog or wheelchair, please let the Events Office know by calling 0121 331 5909.

Montage of the groups Track Dogs and Banter

Global Traditions: Track Dogs and Banter
A concert series of folk music from around the world

An epic double bill of Track Dogs and Banter.

Track Dogs

Made up of two Irishmen, an Englishman and an American, the band creates their own unique brand of acoustic music - a veritable 4 x 4 of voices and instruments identified by the fusion of styles which include Americana, Latino, folk, bluegrass and (whisper it...) pop!

Taking festivals such as Shrewsbury, Glastonbury, Wickham and Costa (to name a few) by storm with their dynamite live shows, the band will be touring their 11th album The Essential Track Dogs: Tracks Laid, Tracks Covered featuring the best of their originals and cover tracks plus some brand-new songs and reimagined versions of already existing tracks.

“If you were looking to mark your card for the End Of The World party, head to wherever Track Dogs are playing…” Americana UK

Banter

Nina Zella, Simon Care, Tim Walker and Mark Jolley are four fine musicians whose roots are firmly in the traditional English genre, but who enjoy stretching the limits – in what a lot of people refer to as "the quirky Banter twist”. Formed in 2015, due to a happy accident, they immediately realised their common love for traditional English song and dance and began to mess around with it.

They gained popularity, or should it be notoriety, very quickly and were soon performing at many of the country’s largest festivals, including Glastonbury, Cambridge, Sidmouth and Towersey. With the release of three albums, YES, DARE and THREE, between 2017 and 2021, they received more plaudits in the music press including a Valentine's day session on Mark Radcliffe’s Radio 2 Folk Show. Now firmly established as one of the UK’s finest bands they have released their fourth studio album Heroes.

“Banter were amazing. Fantastic harmonies and great playing” Ralph McTell

Running time approx. two hours and 30 minutes

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