The duo of The Ciderhouse Rebellion brings together master accordionist Murray Grainger and fiddle player Adam Summerhayes – each performance uniquely magical in its improvisatory focus, whether based on a traditional tune or springing from a single unplanned note.

 

The Ciderhouse Rebellion were recently featured in a Folk on Foot podcast and also interviewed by MusoMuso, who reviewed one of their shows:

 

"The show was incredible, to think that two musicians could create music ´in the moment´ which sounded very difficult to do but after watching them for a couple of hours, I could almost feel a super-power between the two of them. There were little looks and nods from each other which seemed to lead them down multiple musical avenues which ranged from ballads, to joyous, uplifting hectic pieces which saw the violin almost on fire from time to time."

 

They have two gigs coming up in December:

 

 

“I became utterly bewitched by the beauty of what Summerhayes and Grainger had created. It could justifiably be described as a folk symphony, possessing cyclical completeness yet creating a form that is, at once, both elemental and pastoral.” Fatea Magazine

“A work of startling, immediate beauty.” The Strad

“Grainger’s accordion with Summerhayes’s fiddle is especially beautiful.” Songlines

“Adam Summerhayes has been described as a ‘Paganini’ of the traditional violin.” fRoots

“Two virtuoso musicians playing some of the most startling and original music you will ever encounter. Compelling, exciting and utterly original.” Phil Beer, Show Of Hands