Two score

"The magnificent Blowzabella has just celebrated its 40th (two-score, of course!) birthday in style with a big bash at Cecil Sharp House. The performing unit that bears the name (that of a late-17th-century English jig, you'll recall) has always been something of a unique force, a veritable one-off (though a mightily influential one) among dance-based ensembles, from its early days as a doyen of the alternative festival scene, later surviving a disbandment hiatus to re-form ... The tunes, although observing due form and structure, don't feel in the slightest bit strict-tempo or strait-jacketed; this is undoubtedly due to the strong sense of creative rhythmic energy that both informs and arises from the actual playing and from the relationship between the parts. As well as the characteristic Blowzabella fire and spice, there's a perennial abundance of contrast between the tempos and settings, and never a dull moment for the listener".

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