Long Hill Ramblers

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If you're looking for a gimmick, move along. All the Long Hill Ramblers have to offer is folk music: clear, beautiful vocals, rich harmonies, virtuoso musicianship, and a repertoire drawn from among the finest traditional songs on both sides of the Atlantic.

Laura Hockenhull's voice must have been the best-kept secret in folk music over the last few years. Those in the know, including some of the most repected names in the business, have admired her work for the purity of her voice, and the strength of her interpretations. Now the secret is out.

Tab Hunter on guitar, Ben Paley on fiddle and Dan Stewart on banjo and mandolin have each made international reputations for themselves as instrumentalists in all sorts of traditional music, in more bands than we can begin to list. 

Reputation only gets you so far, though; what counts is the music, and that's why the Long Hill Ramblers are great: real music. No gimmicks.

Laura "...grew up in a family full of music. It was natural that she would develop an interest in performing. What is amazing is the quality of her performance, her ability to interpret songs in a new and refreshing way..." - Nigel Schofield

Tab has so far failed to provide any biographical details, so Ben writes:
“Tab and I have been playing together for years now, but if I were ever tempted to take his playing for granted then listening to the Long Hill Ramblers demos would remind me what a sparkling, understated, beautiful guitarist he is.”

Ben is the fiddle players' fiddle player. "Your trouble, Ben," says Ian Keary (Oyster Band, Blue Aeroplanes, Duck Soup) "is that you just play the music."

ƒRoots magazine said he was "...just about the best folk fiddler of his generation".