Artist Information
Biography
Los Salvadores combine traditional folk music with a wide range of orchestral and theatrical influences. Their line-up includes French horn, violin, accordion, acoustic guitar and a newly acquired cellist, as well as 4 part vocal harmonies. Based in Kent, many of the band's songs draw on their home county’s rich history and folklore, providing a modern soundtrack to traditional tales.
In the last year Los Salvadores have shared a stage with the likes of Eliza Carthy, Jez lowe, Ade Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds, Tunng and Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo, and have performed at folk festivals up and down the country.
Their all-original set ranges from instrumentals to a cappellas and plainchant. Last summer they were booked for festivals including Crawley and Wessex folk festivals, and Rochester’s Sweeps Festival. Concerts for the upcoming months include a Kent based theatre tour and a sold out, self-promoted show on a 100 year old Thames sailing barge.
Their music has been played on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 6 as well as many folk stations nationwide.
Instrumentation
Vicky Price - french horn, Accordion and Vocals
Gareth Arnold - Vocals and Glockenspiel
Marf Whiskin - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals
Hannah Ellerby - Violin and vocals
Discography
Wasps, Birds and Clients (2009)
Stuck Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (2010)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (2011)
We've had songs aired on Radio 1, the Tom Robinson show on 6 Music, BBC introducing and the radio Kent folk show.
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Setlist
We play up to 1 hour 30 minutes of original material:
Lady Lovibond
The Plunderer
Leviathan
Holly Shore
Give Into the Clown
Old Diesel Engine
I, the Ventriloquial Figure
Edgar of Arrogant Class
Bill Ruffian
Red Blood on a White Horse
Drinking Song
Smuggler's Leap
Mistress of Distress and the Incredible Shrinking Man
Bartholomew's Day
Last Soiree
These Trees
Ignore The Sketcher