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The Isambarde story begins in late 2000, when two young musicans based
in Coventry, Lorna Roden (vocals) and Chris Green (guitar and vocals),
started writing songs together. They spent 2001 gigging sporadically,
performing a mixture of original and traditional material but realised
quite quickly that a voice and a guitar on their own could only be so
versatile and that a lot of what they were playing was starting to sound
rather homogenous! They discussed recruiting a bass player and drummer, but decided that electric music wasn’t really the direction they both wanted to go in. Things seemed at an impasse. Then as luck would have it, Chris got involved at very short notice in a musical theatre production at the Alexandra Theatre that shall remain nameless, as it was a bit of a nightmare for all concerned. It was in these stressful circumstances that he met the show’s assistant musical director Jude Rees (oboe, recorder, whistle and vocals), a fellow folkie reared on Steeleye Span, the Albion Band and other alumni of the 60s and 70’s folk revival. She had just completed an MA at Birmingham Conservatoire and leapt at the chance to do something different from the music traditionally associated with the oboe. Isambarde were now a trio. Chris had met Emily Sanders (fiddle and vocals) briefly at the Bridgnorth Folk Festival in 1997, but, being Chris, had promptly lost her number! They met again by chance at the Boggery Folk Club in Solihull in early 2002. Emily had been a regular fixture on the Staffordshire circuit since the age of 12, but was not involved with any band on a regular basis, so the other three lost no time in recruiting her talents and formidable repertoire of traditional songs and tunes. Isambarde were now a four-piece and played their first gig to an appreciative audience at the Styvechale Folk Club, Coventry in April 2002. Isambarde’s music is a powerful blend of traditional and original songs, interspersed with lively tunes on oboe and fiddle, performed with humour, passion, insight and vigour! "isambarde are a really good young band. They're good to listen to, good to look at and it's very obvious that they enjoy performing." - Vin Garbutt. |
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