Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston

ACOUSTIC STAGE

Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston have a unique connection – which is a pleasure to listen to and plain to see when they share a stage together. Miranda, well known as a member of “Show Of Hands” is an accomplished singer in her own right, who holds her audience spellbound: it is the emotional quality of her voice that makes her musical partnership with Rex so engaging, rather than the novelty of such an unusual musical pairing. Rex Preston has a reputation as a fine, imaginative mandolin player and is a leading light in a new wave of British Bluegrass musicians, possessing a wonderfully sensitive musicality and a dexterous, flamboyant playing style. The rare fusion of double bass & mandolin makes for one of the most exciting new pairings on the acoustic roots scene.