Brian Peters (born 15 December 1954)
is an English
folk singer and multi-instrumentalist. He is known particularly for his interpretations of the
Child Ballads and his researches in the traditional music of the
North-East of England
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. He is acknowledged as one of England's leading exponents of the
Anglo Concertina and
melodeon.
He was born in
Stockport
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Most of the town is within ...
,
Cheshire
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, England.
Peters is best known in the folk clubs of England, but has also taken his performances to festival and concert stages all over the world, often touring in America, Europe and Australia. He has been described in the folk press as "one of British folk music's finest ambassadors".
He has made many recordings, from the concertina-centred ''Anglophilia'' to the ballad-themed ''Songs of Trial and Triumph''.
He is also the melodeon player heard on the TV cartoon, ''
SpongeBob SquarePants''.
Discography
*''Persistence of Memory''
*''Fools of Fortune''
*''The Seeds of Time''
*''Squeezing Out Sparks''
*''Sharper than the Thorn''
*''The Beast in the Box''
*''Lines''
*''Different Tongues''
*''Anglophilia''
*''Songs of Trial and Triumph'' (Child Ballads arranged by Brian Peters)
*''Gritstone Serenade'' PUG CD 08
;with other artists
*with
Gordon Tyrrall
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:
**''Clear The Road''
**''The Moving Moon''
*with Dave Webber, Anni Fentiman, John O'Hagan & John Morris:
**''The Widow's Uniform'' (soldier's poems of
Rudyard Kipling as set to music by
Peter Bellamy
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)
*with Graham Buckley, Bonz & Dave Pope:
**''The Rocky Mountain Ploughboys'' (1999)
*with Jeff Davis:
**''Sharp's Appalachian Harvest'' (2013)
Television
** ''
SpongeBob SquarePants'' (2002–2009)
References
External links
Brian Peters biography at CD BabyBrian Peters – official site
Harbourtown Records (not really a biography)
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1954 births
Living people
English folk musicians
English folk singers
English melodeon players
21st-century accordionists
Musicians from Stockport
Concertina players