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3 Daft Monkeys | |
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 3 Daft Monkeys | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Three Daft Monkeys |
| Origin | Cornwall, UK |
| Genres | Folk |
| Years active | 2000 – present |
| Members | Tim Ashton Athene Roberts Rich Mulryne Jamie Graham |
| Past members | Jamie Waters Lukas Drinkwater |
| Website | http://www.3daftmonkeys.co.uk |
3 Daft Monkeys are a world music-influenced acoustic band from Cornwall, UK, consisting of Tim Ashton, Athene Roberts, Rich Mulryne, and Jamie Graham. The instrumentation consists of vocals, fiddle, twelve-string guitar, bass guitar and percussion. The band's musical influences include Celtic, Balkan, Romani, Latino, electronic dance, reggae, dub, punk rock, and traditional folk music. [citation needed]
The band have had great success at venues and festivals all over the UK and Europe, including being invited by Show of Hands to play the main stage at the Eden Project and the 2008 BBC Proms at St David's Hall in Cardiff. Other highlights include GuilFest; Lakefest festival[6]; Folkwoods, Holland; the Glastonbury Festival,[1][2] the Trowbridge Village Pump Festival; Folk Segovia, Spain; Lorient Interceltic Festival, France; Kevelaer World Music Festival, Germany; Labadoux Festival, Belgium, Buskers Bern Street Festival in Switzerland, and enthusiastically welcomed returns to the Beautiful Days, Bearded Theory, and Larmer Tree festivals.
Throughout the 2000s, the band were a regular support act for The Levellers,[3] with Roberts usually returning to join the Levellers onstage for the finale in a duelling fiddle-off of "What You Know" with added tambourine from Waters and tin-whistle from Ashton.
Between March 2020 and June 2021, the band played over sixty 'Cyberbusks' online due to the various lockdowns and restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tim and Athene also collaborated with Scott Doonican of The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican on a cover of the Beatles' Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!. From July 2021, 3 Daft Monkeys were able to resume touring and played several major festivals including returns to Beautiful Days and Hawkfest.
The band have enjoyed airplay on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio Ulster,[4] BBC Radio Cornwall, and BBC Radio Wales,[5] and have been described by presenter Mike Harding as "a brilliant band... absolutely amazing".
- ^ "Glastonbury 2007 – Artists/line-up". BBC. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
- ^ Fletcher, Alex (1 May 2008). "More Glastonbury stage lineups revealed". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
- ^ Woods, Peter (3 March 2005). "The Big Review: The Levellers". BBC. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
- ^ "The Late Show with Colin Murray Playlist". BBC Radio Ulster. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
- ^ "Mixing It Playlist for 23 September 2006". BBC Radio Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2008.