“Highlight of Glastonbury” Mark Radcliffe BBC2 “Amazing energy” Bob Harris BBC2
With a fiery helter-skelter blend of influences from East and West, 3 Daft Monkeys inject a unique wildness into their music, producing a symphonious cacophony of styles, Silvery vocal melodies soar above percussive global beats and rhythms, while passionate fiddle-driven tunes weave around animated guitar and bass, all presented with outstanding musicianship in their famously theatrical live performances.This multi-award-winning live act continues to deliver dynamic, rampageous, powerful performances of their completely original songs with an endless energy and enthusiasm!
With 21 years of International festival experience in hand, 3 Daft Monkeys certainly know how to work a festival crowd, and are guaranteed to whip an audience into a frenzy of emotions with every performance.
2022 was another fantastic year for the band as their dedicated fan base grew exponentially, thanks to the success of their weekly online ‘cyberbusks’. 3 Daft Monkeys are currently writing and recording songs for for a brand new album, due for release in spring 2023.
3 Daft Monkeys have been personally invited to play live sessions on both the Bob Harris, and Mark Radcliffe BBC Radio 2 shows, with Mark Radcliffe hailing their live show as one of his “Highlights of Glastonbury” “Varied and stirring acoustic styles...outstanding fiddle work” (The Guardian)“ From wildly frenetic observation and reflective narrative to faintly macabre revelations” (Folkworks) “One of my favourite festival moments ever” (Mike Harding BBC2) “ One of the hardest-working, best lyric-writing, most joyful, danceable bands known to the universe!” (Green Gathering)“ Joyously life-affirming” (West Briton)“ A quality balance of spaced-out dizziness, dance-ability and sophisticated folk music” (Bearded Theory) “The musicianship- the virtuosity, the song craft, the arrangement is simply astonishing” (Spiral Earth)BEST ALBUM - Spiral Earth (Readers Poll)BEST LIVE ACT - Spiral Earth (Readers Poll) + Hancock Awards BEST LIVE ACT - Green Gathering