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'Spiro's awesome musicianship and a unique musical vision had been honed over a decade before their successful real World CD 'Light Box' launched them into the festival spotlight this summer. The line-up – violin, mandolin, accordion and guitar - suggests folk and indeed, they start from folk themes, but in their intricate arrangements and insistent rhythmic approach the music transcends that label, somehow evoking both contemporary classical composers like Philip Glass and stadium rock at the same time – and all delivered acoustically with not a drummer in sight.'

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High-octane, essentially English, beautifully brilliant folk music of sublime individuality.

Following its superb debut on Peter Gabriel's Real World label and triumphant, tent-busting WOMAD performance, the number – and calibre – of people queuing to sing the praises of Bristol-based Spiro is surely the envy of any band.

With its roots deep in the music of the British Isles, Spiro gives a darker, edgier twist to traditional dance with breathtakingly moving melodies repeating and interweaving to form an intricate acoustic wall of sound, while the majestically sweeping rhythms invoke cinematic minimalism.

The result is uniquely theirs, transcending Spiro's strings plus squeezebox set-up: an emotionally charged, beguiling and spirit-reviving musical experience like no other.

'Acoustic-folk four-piece for people who can't abide acoustic-folk four-pieces, and those who can.' THE WORD

'A sound of genuinely universal appeal. Ultra-meticulous weaving of guitar, accordion, violin and mandolin delights the critics, while the inspired, geographically-spread folk melodies produce massed whoops from [the] crowds.' VENUE MAGAZINE