A little bit of Country goes a long way with family roots fusion band Rosellys

ACE Space goes ‘country’ on Saturday with the five-piece band from Herefordshire, The Rosellys.

R2 Magazine neatly summed up their music as “Capturing the essence of country, with folk ingredients baked into a transatlantic roots fusion”.

And online reviewer Nashville Over Here reported “The Rosellys blend English accents with lyrical references to both the UK and US alongside well-pitched bass, feisty drum beats and stunning pedal steel and fiddle to create a sound that walks the fine line between Celtic folk and Americana”.

Listeners to Radio 4’s Loose Ends may well have heard them there on one of their several appearances.

The Rosellys are very much a family band led by life partners Rebecca Rosellys (guitar, vocals, banjo) and Simon Rosellys (guitar, fiddle, vocals), along with Simon’s father Allan Kelly (pedal steel/accordion) and father/son Matt Kirby (bass) and George Kirby (drums).

They signed to Clubhouse Records in 2015.

“It was at the Club House Records festival Ramblin’ Roots that members of the ACE Space team encountered the band and immediately determined to bring them to Newbury,” says Stephen Ottner.

Opening the evening will be an ACE Space favourite, local guitar whizz Richard Cox-Smith.

Richard is known for his extensive catalogue of blues, ragtime, and Americana tunes and has toured with some of the biggest names in the folk world, including Richard Thompson, Maddy Prior and Richard Digance.

The Rosellys play ACE Space, St Nicholas’ Road, on Saturday, October 19. Tickets are £15 from www.WeGotTickets.com or by contacting at events@acespace.org.uk or 078911 76940