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13th February 2010:
Forro Porro, Accordian Driven Red Hot South American Sounds, Glossop Date

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We are delighted to have Sam Pirt and Gary Hammond of The Hut People returning to the Lift, their performance was a highlight of last July’s Weekend Special. They will be joined by Frankie Banham and Pete Jack of Mambo Jambo and together they perform as Forro Porro. Read more »

The Hut People release their debut album on Fellside

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Press release form Fellside : The Hut People are Sam Pirt accordion and Gary Hammond percussion who release their debut album,Home Is Where the Hut Is Sam has a wealth of experience in the folk world, he has been going to and playing at folk festivals before he could walk! In 1999 He won a BBC Young Folk Award with the band 422. Gary’s musical journey began in the jazz world and moved very slowly into the world music sphere. on the way he took a detour and entered the pop world with The Beautiful South which lasted 12 years. This brought him to Hull where he had the good fortune to meet Sam. Read more »

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11th July 2009 :
Etran Finitawa and The Hut People double bill, Glossop

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Etran Finatawa’s musicians come from Niger which is one of the three poorest countries in the world, it is a landlocked country in West Africa bordered by Mali, Algeria, Libya, Chad and Nigeria. Niger has a very rich cultural heritage and sits at a desert crossroads between the Berber and Arab cultures of the North and the many sub-Saharan cultures of the South.

Supporting them for the Glossop date are Hull's Hut People, with a penchant for peoples photos of huts, Gary and Sam combine percussion and accordian with amazing results. Read more »

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