MOONRAKERS

Moonrakers is an Oxford-based group of four musicians who pride themselves in having brought traditional and contemporary folk music to new audiences in village halls, churches, arts centres and festivals across the UK. The fact that the band "just OOZES quality" (Living Tradition) is down to the careful arrangements and selection of tunes and songs, presenting "exquisite music" (BBC). The material is a combination of traditional Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English music and their own contemporary songs and tunes, still very much 'in the idiom'... Moonrakers have built a strong following from playing in less-traditional venues. For example, their "In-Spires" tour has taken them to over 70 churches and village halls in the South. Their album Green to Gold received a 4-star rating in RnR magazine (2023) and was FATEA magazine's Album of the Month (July 2023). Their music is featured in Series 2 of the BBC television drama 'Beyond Paradise'... "Absolutely everyone has said that they..