topette!!

Topette!! occupy a unique position in the current folk and traditional music landscape. A collective of uninhibited musical adventurers playing self-penned and traditional music from anywhere, with a winning mix of bonhomie and grit. Born out of friendship, the five-piece play naturally social music – for filling dance floors, for listening, for drinking with friends – but don’t expect it to merge into the background. This is raunchy, up-all-night, joyously jugular-grabbing dance music. Julien Cartonnet is a powerhouse on both bagpipes and banjo. Fiddler James Delarre’s innate melodic and harmonic sensibilities make him the perfect match for accordion virtuoso Andy Cutting. Tania Buisse’s propulsive bodhrán playing and Barn Stradling’s singularly distinctive bass grooves complete a sound that is irresistible to ears and feet alike. 

‘Hold on to your hat!  The fourth album from Anglo-French supergroup, Topette!! Is a feast of frantic fiddling, blazing bagpipes and surging squeezebox.’ At The Barrier