Gigspanner Big Band: Turnstone review – an elegance unmatched in British folk

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The multi-talented six-piece soar on their most accomplished album yet, led by the exceptional fiddle-playing of Peter Knight With six members, the Gigspanner Big Band is not particularly big, though their collective elan has a forceful presence unmatched in British folk: a little classical, a little jazzy, highly inventive while their material remains almost entirely traditional. Founded by fiddle player Peter Knight, once of Steeleye Span, the ensemble contains two duos and a trio as well