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ABOUT

Poke O'Swedgers are a vocal/guitar duo from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK.
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Kev McInally
Dave Banks

We write and play our own songs, which are typically a wee bit folky in nature, slightly wistful and sometimes have a heart of  darkness.

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We've also done a thing. Namely our own album of 14 songs - entitled "Govanhill Moonshine" and released as a digipack CD and at Bandcamp (see "Music" tab) Bandcamp in 1st March 2019.

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Our second album, "Geneva's Shore" is released on 20th August 2021...and also available as a physical gatefold CD and on Bandcamp.

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We also occasionally include a smattering of traditional folk in our sets; and covers derived from artists as diverse as Frank Turner, Pulp, Eddi Reader, Yazoo, Brandi Carlile and (inevitably) The Proclaimers.

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We're both big fans of the poet Tony Walsh and are dead chuffed that Tony has let us set one of his poems - "Sugar Spun Tornadoes" to music of our own devising.

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