Broom Bezzums

Broom Bezzums
Broom Bezzums with Katie Doherty. Photo by Chris Potter

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  • country:United Kingdom
  • style(s):Folk, Acoustic
  • label:Steeplejack Music
  • type:Duo, Trio
  • gender:male, female
  • instrumentation:vocal, percussion, string, guitar
  • artist posted by:Neil Grant Music Production

Line up

  • Andrew Cadie (Guitar, Vocals, Fiddle, Northumbrian Small Pipes)
  • Katie Doherty (Occaisonal Guest) (Vocals, Piano)
  • Mark Bloomer (Guitar, Vocals, Mandola, Percussion)

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“From the moment I first saw and heard Broom Bezzums I recognised they’ve got it – instinctively. And their playing is a delightful reminder of the beauty of simplicity.” – Andy Kershaw

Mark Bloomer & Andrew Cadie have been constantly tearing up and down the autobahn since 2007, spreading their infectious music and wooing new fans with their congenial storytelling wherever they go.

Now firmly established in Germany, Broom Bezzums have twice won the “Folk” category at the German Rock and Pop Prize and their latest album won the prestigious German Record Critics’ Award. They are regulars on TV and radio and have been heavily featured in the music press and lauded in broadsheets.

Mike Harding announced on his radio show that Broom Bezzums is one of his favourite bands, adding “I love everything they do” and Steve Knightley called them “Just about the best young duo on the circuit”.

Based on Anglo – Celtic traditions, Broom Bezzums’ music is flavoured by Andrew’s Northumbrian homeland and the formidable rock heritage of Mark’s Black Country roots.

Live, the rhythmical element is expanded on more dynamic numbers with guitar-slapping, tambourine-stamping and a pulsating foot drum. As singers, their full but very different voices harmonise to a surprisingly dense fusion. The tales in their own compositions and in their versions of traditional songs hark back to their itinerant lifestyles, political alienation and the love stories that caused them both to land in Germany in the first place.

Occasionally Mark and Andrew are joined on stage and on CD by singer Katie Doherty. Her spellbinding voice somehow finds its place in the harmonies and opens out the sound of the band even more.

Broom Bezzums’ evolution is an uncanny story, but that’s what makes the music what it is. Catch Broom Bezzums live and experience it for yourselves!

As a Swiss critic once put it… “Broom Bezzums don’t just play their music – they live it”