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who's who and who's doing what?Chumbawamba
- country:United Kingdom
- style(s):Folk Songwriter
- label:New Masters
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Five harmony voices, guitars, brass, accordion. A mix of acappella song, traditional English folk and skewed pop; From great tales of historical rebellion to vicious contemporary satire the point of a Chumbawamba live show is make the audience sing, laugh, think, and hopefully have their expectations challenged.
Chumbawamba began life as an anarcho-punk band in 1982, railing against Thatcher's Britain and throwing themselves into the cultural response to nuclear weapons, the Falklands war and the attacks on miners, printworkers, ambulance workers… well, most workers anywhere, really..
Their knack of surviving the great and powerful leaders they rally and sing against is coupled with their love of new and changing music, their continual efforts to reinvent themselves and the joy of travelling the world playing to live audiences.
The new album will be a hybrid of acoustic styles thrown into a big potl - the first 21st century psychedelic folk album! As before, Chumbawamba have decided to try something new and challenging whilst retaining the harmonies, melodies and catchy choruses they are known for.
And that, basically, is Chumbawamba in a nutshell.
"For those of us who stuck by them through the Top of the Pops nadir of 'Tubthumping' and have made it here, today's set is a just reward. The band is careful to strike a balance between the serious messages behind the songs and ensuring that a good time is had by all. The old English rebel songs are delivered acappella, with five-part harmonies that would make Steeleye Span proud. This is Chumbawamba at their political, rabble-rousing best."
From official Glastonbury website review by Jamie Walters
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