Peter Knight’s Gigspanner

Since his departure from folk-rock pioneers Steeleye Span at the end of 2013, legendary fiddle player Peter Knight has turned his full attention to his trio Gigspanner, and in the process has firmly established their burgeoning reputation as one of the most innovative acts on the folk/roots scene.

Hailed by Songlines as “another milestone in folk’s rebirth of cool” there is however far more to Gigspanner than meets the eye.

As expected, traditional music forms the bedrock of the trio’s repertoire, but the approach is what sets it apart…leaving enough room with the arrangements to spread and stretch the music in the moment.

Gigspanner has garnered a reputation for dismantling traditional music and song and reassembling it in an intriguing, imaginative and beautiful way, leading fRoots to write “Peter Knight shows a willingness to turn the expected inside out and place it back as neatly as it was before being taken”

2016 has started on a high-note for Gigspanner, with Peter being awarded Fatea Magazine’s ‘Best Instrumentalist of 2015’ accolade, and Gigspanner’s latest album ‘Layers of Ages’ appearing on several ‘Best Albums of 2015’ lists, which include those compiled by R2 Magazine, The Telegraph and BBCRadio Merseyside.