Little Johnny England are a unit comprising five musicians all of whom have worked within the folk/traditional and mainstream for many years.
As individuals they really do have it covered, credits include Peter Kaye, Fatima Mansions, Show Of Hands, Ruby Turner, The Steve Gibbons Band and Albion Band to pick just a few. They have combined their experiences to become quite simply a live act in every sense, as equally at home working in an acoustic manner as they are in a major concert setting.
Their aim in the last 10 years has been to take traditional and contemporary folk music to a wider audience and have attracted a lot of attention not only from press within the genre but also mainstream national press - having achieved a glowing four star review in Q magazine for their album "Mercs & Cherokees". This proving that their aim is not only achievable but is coming to fruition.
After sporadic shows over the last couple of years mainly due to individual projects, they are back stronger than ever with a new studio album 'Tournament Of Shadows', released in October 2009. A ten year retrospective double album 'Ten Years On' was released on 16th June 2009, documenting the band's journey so far.
Previously unreleased material, live tracks and rarities can be heard on 'Ten Years On'. It is a double album and the two disks are deliberately set apart, disc one being the slightly more serene of the two, whilst disk two represents the musical pyrotechnics that have come to be expected at any 'Johnny's' show.
The Band are-
Gareth Turner - Melodeons/Vocals
PJ Wright - Guitars and Vocals
Guy Fletcher - Fiddle and Vocals
Hugh Bunker - Bass/Vocals
Mark Stevens - Drums Vocals
Full individual biogs can be found here
