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JiggaWatt
JiggaWatt are an extremely talented four piece folk band with members
aged 16 and 17 they consist of; Sarah on fiddle, Danny on guitar,
Rob on djembe and Josh on bass. They play a lively mix of traditional
music, ranging from Irish and English folk to Jazz and Ragtime.
All four members of JiggaWatt are multi-instrumentalists playing many instruments between them from ukulele to full drum kit.
Danny plays various instruments in two other bands, including
Blackstone Edge. He is studying music at college, and hopes to gain a
place at University to continue his musical studies.
Sarah also plays with Blackstone Edge, recently joining them as their fiddle player.
In addition to JiggaWatt, Josh plays in an indie/rock band, The
Requests. He started college in September; his studies include music A
level.
Rob sings in the Wakefield Youth Choir often taking the solo lead.
They started out entertaining an audience at Holmfirth Festival of Folk in 2007, then the crowd at Trowbridge Village
Pump Festival the same year. They've played regularly since and have been invited to play as finalists in the New
Roots competition in St Albans for a second year running.
JiggaWatt also played at Shepley Spring Festival 2008 where they
played on the Folk Train and wowed everyone with their performances in
the 'Springboard Showcase' and in the beer tent.
They'll be performing at Shepley again in the 2009 Spring Festival.
2009 will also see them return to The Galtres Beer, Food & Music Festival near York.
JiggaWatt frequently play in local pubs and open mic. folk clubs in
the Wakefield/Barnsley area. They cause quite a stir when they perform
and have attracted a great deal of interest receiving offers to play a
variety of gigs and festivals.
All four band members are very busy:
Josh plays football and in August cycled, for charity, from Land's End to John O'Groats.
Sarah and Rob take an active part in various groups at the local Music Centre.
Danny, Sarah and Rob are also Explorer Scouts and are often involved in adventure and conservation activities/weekends.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT JIGGAWATT:
'It’s not often I’m drawn to a festival beer tent these days so
there was a minor miracle at Shepley this year - Jiggawatt. Keep an eye
out for them...there’s a lot more to come'.
Damien Barber - The Demon Barbers
'One of the Galtres Festival organisers came across them busking in
York and immediately booked them - they went down a storm at their
debut at the festival in August.'
James Houston, Organiser - Galtres Festival, York
'Oh, that was so good! Nothing but positive feedback. May the band go from strength to strength!!!!'.
Clive Pownceby, Organiser - The Bothy Folk Club, Southport.
'We'd like to thank you for playing at my party - you were really great, and loads of people have said so since'.
James; JiggaWatt played at James' party.
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