Gryphon

Tickets for this concert are available online in advance from We Got Tickets £22 (including booking fee) or £25 on the door.

It is almost impossible to pigeonhole the legendary and unpredictable Gryphon,  recently reformed nearly forty years after a very successful spell  throughout the 1970s, which included extensive touring in the States and  Europe with Yes, Steeleye Span and Mahavishnu Orchestra. Using crumhorns, bassoons and recorders alongside violin and mandolin, guitars, keyboards and percussion, Gryphon has always dazzled and delighted a wide range of music lovers, once appearing on BBC Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4 in a single week!

Gryphon stunned their faithful following four decades later in 2018 when they released their sixth studio album, ReInvention,  to huge acclaim. Anyone who thought this was an isolated flash of  brilliance now has another thing coming as they announce a further brand  new release which proves to be every bit as unfathomably innovative and  exciting. Continuing to display fine humour, it defies repetition in  favour of seemingly constant streams of reinvention, perhaps even  surpassing its predecessor in its richness.

Original members Graeme Taylor, Brian Gulland and Dave Oberlé are  joined by the extraordinarily virtuosic Andy Findon on clarinets, saxes  and flutes, plus two new members: the experienced and versatile Rob Levy  on bass guitar and the amazingly talented Clare Taylor on violin and  keyboards. All three new members have contributed compositions to Get Out Of My Father’s Car and the range of styles is unprecedented.

Yes, Gryphon is the antidote to genres. Whatever you expect, you’ll get something different! Gryphon is proud of its diverse appeal, enjoying a global fan base,  and a wide range of audiences – progressive, folk, rock as well as classical and early music lovers.