Dance Bands

Since the last decade of the 20th Century, Whapweasel have been delighting and exhausting the folk dance enthusiasts of these islands. Over that time they've notched up five albums of enthralling, turbo-charged dance music attracting rave reviews and packed dance floors and the accolade of Dance Band of the Year at the Radio 2 Folk Awards. In recent years the band have been moving purposefully into the concert arena and introducing a sprinkling of songs amid the home-grown hornpipes, jigs and polkas. Their long awaited new album 'Festivalis' (WW008) finds them lifting their voices in song for the first time in the recording studio. From the impeccably traditional to the best of modern folk-based songwriters, 'Festivalis' serve up a bold, innovative synthesis of song and dance. New horizons in Whappery. Festivalis is now out and Whapweasel are now concetrating on ceilidhs, appearing at major festivals around the UK.