NEW ALBUM OUT NOW
Our new album is out now. Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered a copy. The reviews have been phenomenal. Here are a few…
Steve Best review for Music Republic Magazine, 5* ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “one of the very best folk albums of the year… a sure-fire winner”. click for full review
Dave Hallam review for RnR Magazine (May/June 24). 4* ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “one of the most accomplished and interesting bands on the scene”.
Colin Randall (ex-Telegraph / Guardian) review for Salut Live!, “an unqualified triumph, acoustic music close to it’s finest”. click for full review
Mike Davies review for folking.com, “Like the Cadbury’s selection box of the same name, this is full of tempting treats just waiting to be unwrapped”. click for full review
Start Green review for FATEA Magazine. “a great album… strong, varied and fine example of English traditional music, beautifully interpreted and expertly produced”. click for full review
Nick Hall review for Tykes’ Stirrings Magazine. ” a brilliant album that I immediately wanted to listen to again… get hold of your copy as soon as you can”.
We’re so very pleased at how much love there is for this record. It means a lot to us as this album is dedicated to all our HEROES, both musical and personal, who have helped us grow and inspired us to become the band we are today.
Click here to buy the album
We have also now released The Oak and The Ash as a digital single on our Bandcamp page and on other digital platforms and will be taking to the road in the next week for a string of shows in March and April – a special HEROES tour of live gig dates. Check out our GIGS page for more info.
Big Banter smushy stuff, Tim, Simon, Nina & Mark xxxx
WELCOME
“Banter were absolutely fantastic… such beautiful harmonies and great playing”
– Ralph McTell
“Featuring percussion, trumpet, Melodeon and keyboards. Banter are infectious… genre hopping… mixing Morris tunes, soulful vocals and raucous chorus songs into a concert headliner”
– Steve Knightley (Show Of Hands)
“Banter have opened a new chapter with their exciting take on basically English dance music”
– Ashley Hutchings
“A splendid disregard for musical boundaries, but with a respect for English traditional music”
– Songlines Magazine – 4 star review
“Think Bob Cann meets La Bottine Souriante and you might be getting somewhere close”
– John Spiers (Spiers Boden, Peter Knight’s Gigspanner, Bellowhead)
“…Imaginative combination of musical styles and inventive playing…”
– Joe Grint (FATEA Magazine)
BUSY 2024!!
2024 is another busy Banter year. We’ve launched our new album HEROES and hit the road with a fabulously received album launch tour. Now we’re driving headlong into a big list of summer festival bookings across the UK and Europe and are looking ahead to our third BanterFest in September.
Watch out for updates and announcements soon on the Gigs page and on our socials channels.
Love from Tim, Nina, Simon and Mark xxx
BANTERFEST 2024 – SOLD OUT!!
Massive bags full of Banter thanks to all the attendees, artists, crew and volunteers who came together for our second BanterFest in the Lincolnshire village of Welbourn this last September. A truly amazing weekend!!
We have now booked our artists for BanterFest 24 for the weekend of the 13th – 15th September 2024 and we hope that you are as excited by the stellar lineup as we are! The last handful of tickets that hadn’t been snapped up by last year’s attendees and mailing list members disappeared really quickly, so we can excitedly say that we’re SOLD OUT for this year.
If you missed out, then drop us a line at info@banter.band or click on the Buy Tickets link below to get yourself added to a waiting list for any returned tickets.
We are humbly and immensely grateful to Costa Festivals / Harmony Voyages for their support and mentoring in the evolution of BanterFest and we are especially thankful for their kind sponsorship towards the presentation of the Seth Lakeman Trio headline concert at BanterFest 2024.
Get your BanterFest tickets here.
If you would like to be added to our mailing list for updates email us at info@banter.band