Banjo player Leon Hunt has launched a new look website at leonhunt.com.
The revamped site features news, gig listings, photos and music samples. You can also subscribe to Leon’s e-list to receive the latest updates, or make suggestions for places where Leon can perform or teach.
Leon’s full discography is listed on the site, and his recordings [...]
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New website for Leon
June 25th, 2010
Hot new stuff from the Scovilles
August 19th, 2009
The Scoville Units have added new music, video and photos to their myspace.
The new material includes three full tracks from the band’s debut album, which should be available in early 2010.
There is also video footage of an entire concert at Bath’s Chapel Arts Centre from July, plus many photos from the group’s performance at this [...]
Return of the banjo band?
July 22nd, 2009
Leon Hunt hopes to revive the banjo band concept with his new project We Banjo 3.
The group is comprised of four banjo players - Enda Scahill, David and Martin Howley and Leon - and combines traditional Irish music with bluegrass, old-time and ragtime. Leon is the lone 5-stringer, with the others playing tenors as well [...]
More banjos at Sore Fingers
January 29th, 2009
Further to our previous story about Sore Fingers Week, details of another bluegrass banjo course have been announced.
The first two courses, taught by Greg Cahill and Ron Block, have been fully booked for some time, but bookings are still being received so Leon Hunt will now teach a third class.
Places are also available in most [...]
Leon’s new band
January 8th, 2009
Leon Hunt has put together a new band featuring top talent from the bluegrass and folk music scenes.
Accompanying Leon’s banjo playing are Rex Preston on mandolin, Ed Boyd (of Flook) on guitar, Gina Griffin on fiddle and Josh Clark on percussion.
The group will be performing at The Bell in Bath this Sunday (11th) as the [...]
New CD from More Growling Old Men
January 27th, 2008
More Growling Old Men, the transatlantic band featuring Ben Winship, John Lowell, Leon Hunt and Dom Harrison, are set to release a new CD in the spring.
The recording features songs and tunes from the repertoire of Daily Planet and Growling Old Men, as well as some new ideas. The group first came together for the [...]
Spreadable Leon
January 23rd, 2008
Avid television viewers may have noticed the sound of banjos in a lot of commercials recently. The latest company to get in on the act is Anchor Butter, whose new £5M advertising campaign features music composed and performed by Leon Hunt. Could this increasing mainstream acceptance be the start of banjo-mania sweeping the nation?
To view [...]
Leon’s theatre tour
January 11th, 2008
Leon Hunt’s been keeping busy lately as part of Birmingham Rep’s production of She Stoops To Conquer.
Leon in full theatre regalia
Following a successful run in Birmingham in 2007, the show will embark on a 16-week tour of the UK from January 21st, taking in Nottingham, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Eastbourne, Cardiff, Richmond, Cambridge, Guildford, [...]
Leon and Burt’s big bluegrass bash
December 2nd, 2007
If you fancy indulging in some banjo stereotypes this month look no further than the Little Theatre, Bath on December 11th. A performance by the Leon Hunt Quartet will be followed by a showing of the classic movie Deliverance.
Leon’s band includes guitar, harmonica, percussion and banjo and will be playing “a selection of tunes capable [...]
Leon in curls
October 23rd, 2007
As a slight diversion to the usual musical content, Leon Hunt will be appearing in She Stoops To Conquer at the Birmingham Rep from October 26th to November 17th, with a UK tour to follow in the new year.
Working alongside the likes of Liza Goddard and Colin Baker, Leon will be in full 18th century [...]
