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berkana
» genre:
Acoustic >
Acoustic Folk
» location:
Neil Benton
» label: unsigned
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Berkana are Neil Benton, Terry Armitage and Lou Finch who love to perform traditional, contemporary and self-penned folk material. Together they perform an ever expanding list of traditional-idiom material on a variety of instruments, featuring their own arrangements and unaccompanied close harmonies. Combined with their interpretations of more contemporary songs they also entertain with some highly original material of their own. They have played local folk clubs and festivals, pubs and private parties and are always interested in new gigs and venues, charity/promotional gigs included.
Berkana are Neil Benton, Terry Armitage and Lou Finch who love to perform traditional, contemporary and self-penned folk material. Together they perform an ever expanding list of traditional-idiom material on a variety of instruments, featuring their own arrangements and unaccompanied close harmonies. Combined with their interpretations of more contemporary songs they also entertain with some highly original material of their own. They have played local folk clubs and festivals, pubs and private parties and are always interested in new gigs and venues, charity/promotional gigs included.
Why this name?
Berkana is an ancient rune and it looks like a capital B - one of it's meanings is Spirit of the Birchwood - the name of our second album.
Do you play live?
We have played local folk clubs and festivals, pubs and private parties and are always interested in new gigs and venues, charity/promotional gigs included.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
Greater access to greater diversity for a greater number of people.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
If asked why not
Band History:
Originally named Birkenschawe - an ancient name for a valley of birch trees and the name of the village where founder members Terry and Neil still live. A few line-ups later T and N teamed up with Lou Finch - a Wakefield lass with a smashing voice and a keen interest in folk, self penned and traditional.
Your influences?
Many and various.
Equipment used:
Guitars, bouzouki, whistles, mandolin, banjo (sorry), harmonicas
Anything else...?
When we think of somehing pithy we'll add something here.
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