Location : London, Barbican Hall

Sharing the bill with Baby Gramps, Martha Wainwright, David Thomas, Gavin Friday, Ralph Steadman, Robyn Hitchcock, Norma Waterson, Teddy Thompson, Martin Carthy, Julie Fowlis, Eliza Carthy, Tim Robbins, Ed Harcourt, Suzanne Vega, Chris Difford.

Neil Hannon, among many others, is is guest to sings traditional sea songs with many other singers. He performs a couple of songs, and do backing vocals, along the Langley Sisters’ Gita, on Chris Difford’s rendition of ‘Lowlands Low’.

The musicians who accompany them for this show are:

• Kate St John (oboe / cor anglais / saxophone / accordion)
• David Coulter (banjo / violin/ saw/ukulele/banjo/mandolin)
• Leo Abrahams (guitar / hurdy gurdy / mandolin/ bouzouki)
• Andy Newmark (drums)
• Martyn Barker (percussion)
• Dudley Phillips (double bass / electric bass)
• Roger Eno (piano, keys, harmonium)