About FiddleBop

FiddleBop plays jazz-folk (which is not quite the same as folk-jazz).

OK, jazz-folk. So what is this? For the long answer, look here.

But for the short answer, here are the ingredients. Hot Club Gypsy swing, jigs'n'reels, traditional folk songs, and jazz of all flavours... on violin, Spanish guitar, and fretless bass. We sing too, with passionate voices in harmony.

And how do we put these ingredients together? Easy. We in FiddleBop love what we play, and it shows!

"... a wonderful evening of life-affirming music..." (Brecon Jazz Club 2025)

"Fiddlebop played an amazing set of wonderful music that delighted everyone" (Brecon Jazz Club 2024)

"FiddleBop... transform gypsy jazz stylings into a welcome hamper of swing..." (Buzz Magazine 2023)

FiddleBop's jazz-folk grew out of our background in playing Hot Club Gypsy jazz for the last 20 years, and before that in playing folk music of all kinds.

The more we learned about Gypsy jazz, the more we began to realize that the Quintette du Hot Club de France, who kicked the whole thing off back in the late 1930s, created their amazing music from a huge variety of different musical sources. And we mean huge. Traditional Gypsy melodies, their own compositions, current and past pop tunes, even some J S Bach. Anything and everything, really. Eventually, we asked ourselves "Why not do the same?"

So... FiddleBop's current repertoire is just as wide-ranging as those early Hot Club sets. Everything from Manouche swing classics to designed-for-dancing jigs'n'reels, by way of jazz-influenced renditions of traditional folk songs, Gypsy rhumba, and jazz drawn from all of the genre's century-long history.

And what ties all this together?

Why, our love of all this wonderful music, with its zing, passion, and joie de vivre! Music which can be sweet, chilled, even mysterious at times. And music which can also be hot unto cooking.

FiddleBop will get your feet stomping and your heart thumping (in a good way, of course). But don't — as the saying goes — just take our word for it: see our reviews.

So how about having FiddleBop play some jazz-folk at your festival? Or in your club or pub? Or at your wedding, or during your party? We're friendly, we don't bite, and we cost less than you might think.

Check us out at or . Or email us or phone us (01982 560726 / 07968 950870) for a quote.

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