Last Minute Musicians Reviews

"Dave was asked to sing and entertain guests for my Mums 50th Birthday. We had many conversations before the day to discuss songs for him to sing, music for dancing and the whole evening. He did songs we asked and that were meaningful to our family, and ensured we had the best birthday for mum. Would highly recommended, very friendly and professional. Well worth the money! He certainly made the day even more memorable. Thank You. (and thanks for all the Lionel Richie last minute requests!) "

Reply by Preston D Barnes - No1 Country Artist
Thankyou so much for spending the time to leave me a review! It was a pleasure to perform for you, your guests were all very welcoming and great fun… I wish you all the very best in the future and hope we can do it again sometime. DB x

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"A performer who has the kind of vocal strength that could bring down a chandelier at six paces."

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"Phil was excellent on his equipment, lights & sound system. He worked fantastic with me and customer requests. I definitely will call him back, fantastic voice, well done Phil! "

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"Hi Rory. Thank you so much for coming to play at our wedding. It was the perfect accent to our cake eating and dancing to round off a fantastic day. Hannah's parents particularly enjoyed it, spending quite a bit of time on the dance floor! The band played with great enthusiasm, and the arrangements for the day could not have gone more smoothly. With our thanks again, Hannah & Andrew."

Reply by Rory
Dear Hannah & Andrew, Thank you for your feedback of Rory on 20/07/2019 I'm delighted to hear you were happy with our services, and I've passed on your kind feedback to the musicians. Meanwhile, I would like to once again thank you for the opportunity, and I send you our congratulations and warmest wishes. Thanks, Rory

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"One of the hidden treasures of London is the range of talent that exists on the folk and acoustic scene that rarely get the acclaim they deserve. Three London based bands that excel at performing Eastern European/Balkan Music are Szapora, Mukka and Beskydy, each of whom are worth looking out for. Nine strong Beskydy perform songs and tunes from across Eastern Europe and beyond, in fact looking at the sources on their cd listing is almost like a tour around that part of Europe, from Macedonia to Hungary via Galicia and Bulgaria and taking a detour through Slovakia. The bands name itself comes from the range of mountains that run through the centre of former Czechoslovakia which according to the band has heavily influenced their musical choices whilst they turn their hand to music from a range of sources (excellantly). The first track is a Macedonian song, Jovano, Jovanke (click here to hear the song) and the range of Joanna Fosters vocal skills are further displayed in the three Slovakian songs that make up track 4, from the slow Janosik to the more up beat cheery Anicka Dusicka and A Ja Taka Dzivocka although Foster and the band manage to intertwine the tunes with sufficient skill so the songs merge as one. Again Track 9 is a duet with Accordian player, Peter Murphy, joining Foster on the Macedonian song Iz Dolu, along with some damned fine fiddling. The range of Beskydys musical skills are illustrated well by the instrumental tracks ranging from the delightful Slovakian Waltzes (Track 5) to the slightly more manic Tropanka from Bulgaria (track 10) and onto the ordered upbeat and furious synthesis between sax, fiddle and accordian that is Tantz, Tantz Yiddelekh (a wonderful Galician Jewish tune), yet again garunteed to result in limb movement, a delightful fusion of fiddles and saxaphone, furiously creating a wonderful atmosphere one that demands a physical response. One very minor complaint is the sleeve of the CD, it would be nice (or do I just lead a very shallow empty life) to have some information/lyrics or even translations of the songs, something about the origins of the tracks. That said its more than possible for bands with large bank accounts to produce nice extensive sleeves but not so easy for bands whose talents lie in their music rather than some slick marketing agencies. It would be impossible to identify one part of this cd that could be said to stand out more than the rest. The band have produced an album that is thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish - the question that comes to the fore when listening to this is when is the follow up going to be available?"

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"Hi Tomos, thank you so much for playing at our wedding - you played beautifully, I was very happy and everyone commented on how good you were. Thank you again and I would definitely recommend you to other people!"

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"Just wanted to drop you a note to say thanks to you both and Jeremy, your pianist, for organising, singing and playing such a wonderful Danny Boy for my father. It really made the service, which could have been such a grim crematorium affair, so beautiful and poignant and so many people commented on how wonderful it was."

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"I just want to say a massive thank you to AJ Lewis for making our wedding evening. Our first dance is something that we will never forget. Not just for how beautiful you sang 'amazed' but you had my beautiful wife and all friends and family in floods of tears. We can not thank you enough. I am sure we will see you again soon."

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"As Country fans, we wanted a relaxed acoustic country singer guitarist at our drinks reception and this musician was just what we wanted. What a fantastic voice and his Country style of playing suited the atmosphere perfectly. Having this entertaining country set for our wedding created a great memory to have of our special day. "

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"Hi Matt, Thank you so much for being superb! You went down a storm and I’m glad you enjoyed the venue, we absolutely fell in love with it when we found it and couldn’t wait for everyone to see it. Will look forward seeing some photos :) Thanks, Megan."

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"Just to say thankyou so much for playing at our wedding reception on 6th October; we had a fantastic time. I know it wasn’t the fullest dance floor but so many of our friends and family have told us how much they enjoyed the music. And our three year old nephew clearly loved his first experience of live music!"

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"Danny is such a talented musician and so very personable. Very versatile: for the first set he sang and played so as just to be in the background, and the ambience was just right - not too loud, and his song choices were all excellent. The second set was upbeat and with great backing tracks, the right energy we asked for. Made us dance! Made this booking very last minute, and was so very glad that it was Danny who was available to sing for us. Thank you."

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"WOW what a fantastic performer, absolutely outstanding, would highly recommend Nick for any event, goes out of his way to make your evening perfect,a really nice chap,a real gentleman, and a really good singer. And we are definitely booking him again. Huge thank you Nick and see you very soon xx"

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"Couldn’t recommend Bethany enough! Great communication and really got the party started! Her brother helped set up but didn’t disturb the party at all and when Bethany started to perform everyone hit the dance floor! Exactly what we wanted for my 30th Birthday party. We have and will recommend Bethany in the future as well as hope to have her perform at one of our parties again!"

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"Everyone really enjoyed the background music, it made a great addition to our dinner and we shall certainly be booking her again next year. Thankyou. "

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