Peter Knight’s Gigspanner

“Another milestone in folk’s rebirth of cool.” Songlines

Gigspanner is Peter Knight (violin), Roger Flack (guitar) and Sacha Trochet (drums). The Gigspanner Trio has been described by Folk Radio UK as one of the “most quietly brilliant sets of musicians in the folk world and beyond” and we feel absolutely privileged to host this concert in the wonderful Spire Church in Farnham. Thanks to Peter Knight’s support, we are able to showcase a very talented young singer-songwriter, Amy Hollinrake, who will be opening the concert.

In the wake of his departure from Steeleye Span, fiddle player Peter Knight has turned his full attention to his trio Gigspanner, and in the process established their reputation as one of the most genuinely ground-breaking forces on the British folk scene, inspiring Maverick magazine to write "Gigspanner are pushing at the boundaries, expanding the possibilities and in the process making some of the most…