Folk Bands and Artists
The Reelers
The Reelers are 6 young Londoners from Brixton who met at dance clubs through the Roots revival scene, currently flourishing in London. The band was assembled by lead singer Cass Cook, with the mission to start making a fresh version of the1950s black rock ´n´ roll music, the origins of rock and roll, that never gained mainstream success due to the political and racial issues of the era. While vintage DJs such as Keb Darge and Paul Weller play out the reissues and originals of roots rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, northern soul and jump blues... Cass felt that there weren’t any new or current bands playing or writing these genres of music. So... the only option was to create a band that could fill the void and provide fans of those genres with something new, fresh and current to see live and listen to.
When it comes to creating the music, The Reelers take the recording ethos of ‘if it ‘aint broke... don’t fix it.’ and therefore don’t use any pitch correction software or digital production techniques. The E.P “And so it Begins...” was recorded by the band as a whole, not tracked, and the upcoming debut album is being recorded on tape in a fully analogue studio. Since recording their E.PThe Reelers have been heavily supported by Tom Robinson from BBC 6 Music Introducing, BBC London and had their track ‘London Lady’ nominated as Single of the Week and had a Live show recorded and dedicated to them by Jazz FM.
The Reelers continue to go from strength to strength by receiving solid support from fans and the media and have accepted an invite to play at Glastonbury Festival last year.
