Thomas Tripp 2007-1

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10/08/18 - 12/08/18 near Bath… at Cock and Bull Festival Buy Tickets

Sample of the last Album!

Latest album from 2016 'Ticket to Somewhere' available to buy/download here:

Reviews

If the Levellers were moonshine-swigging Appalachian mountain folk instead of Guinness-swilling Brighton crusties, they would probably have sounded a lot like this. Green Man

The poster said Folk-Rock, but anyone expecting an evening of gentle, fiddle-tinged easy-listening was rapidly disabused of that notion, as ‘Billy in the Lowground’ grasped Folk firmly by the scruff and dragged it backwards through a Hedge of Rock. Mixed metaphors aside, what emerged was a sound akin to a cider-fuelled Grateful Dead, only tighter. Superb.

The sheer energy and passion that pours from the band is matched only by their musical ability, and the songs themselves are the kind of short infectious pieces that grab you by the throat and demand that you move, without you really noticing. The twin melodies of violin and guitar swirl and twirl in and around each other with a grace that defies the relentless stomp of the bass and drums, while the acoustic and vocals work mercilessly away at your subconscious, making sure that the material haunts you for days. This is music MADE for festivals. Woolley Festival 2011

…a very tight, rocky band, with only the tattered remnants of Irish and Old Timey fiddle tunes hanging out of the back of it (definitely no classicised folky pretty stuff). It’s old and tough and dirty and rough. Venue magazine

fiddle fueled, hi-octane folk rock… you will be dancing… Sherston Festival 2014

Next up were Billy In The Lowground who performed in the Yellow Tent and provided some much needed folk-rock, Levellers-esque dancing fun, every festival could do with more of this kind of vibe! gigsandfestivals .co.uk

Billy in the Lowground are a loud, energetic and entirely authentic fusion of folk and rock. Proper foot-stomping performances playing with real heart make it hard not to dance. Just try and stand still, we dare you… The List

Beese’s has one criterion for picking the headline band: will they get people up and dancing within thirty seconds? Billy in the Lowground passed! Beese's Beer Festival

…the soundtrack of hell raising festival folk tunes, to back room bawling and bar room brawling, of escaping to brighter futures, the familiarity of the world you know or just a damned good night out. If Nashville were in Somerset, Billy In The Lowground would be one it’s leading lights. So lets raise a glass of cider (with a bourbon chaser for good measure) to the Nashtonbury scene, it may only contain one band, but it’s a start, right? Dave Franklin

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Ian’s blog

A whole Summer of Festivally goodness...
This has been the band's most successful year yet in terms of Festivals, with twelve gigs including a record seven in July alone! Shame that the last one on the list, Upton Cheyney Chilli Festival at Bath Racecourse, had to be cancelled due to financial concerns, but still a list we were dead chuffed with. […]

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