Took a punt on this gig as I do like siblings singing harmony but actually they didn't do a lot of that. Mainly they played fiddle with occasional excursions into banjo, a whistle or a strange French stringed instrument played with a short wooden stick. It was very good, in the style of traditional folk (British, French and Swedish mainly) overlaid with a modern unusual delivery. I liked it a lot, it dragged you in.
But first we had a surprise pre gig show in the cafe from the Bristol Folk Singers an acapella choir who gave us a few songs whilst we ate. That was nice.
The Rheingans played mostly from their latest album, played mostly as a fiddle duo and sang on some of the songs. Both had nice pure voices and a hypnotic fiddle style that I enjoyed. Anna R lives in France and contributed some French songs and had spent time in Sweden so we also had some from there. We had actually seen Rowan R before at St Georges as part of a band playing with Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita. The gig was something a bit different to the usual and I would go and see them again.
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