THIS IS PETE COE'S FIRST TOUR of America in years, which may be the only reason that he's not a household name on this side of the Atlantic (yet). Back home in England, he's a regular on the folk music scene: he has recorded ten albums, broadcasts regularly on local and BBC radio, and has appeared in several television programmes.WITH A VAST REPERTOIRE of traditional and original songs, dance tunes and dances, playing bouzouki, melodeon, dulcimer, banjo, and step percussion, Pete looks to the tradition, but doesn't shrink from adapting and reinventing in order to move forward. He is essentially a storyteller, equally at home with lengthy traditional ballads as with pithy self-penned songs.PETE HAS FREQUENTLY worked and recorded with other musicians throughout his career ... with Chris Coe as a duo... with Chris, Nic Jones, and Tony Rose as BANDOGGS ... with the legendary NEW VICTORY BAND, and with RED SHIFT. He continues to work as a caller with dance band RAW MATERIAL, but his main work is solo.He explores the heartland of the English folk song revival with an ease and honesty that invests traditional songs with a simplistic beauty
--Colin Irwin, Mojo MagazineTHIS HOUSE CONCERT is only a couple of blocks off the Beltway just on the Virginia side of the Potomac.
