Driftwood
Driftwood are an acoustic band specialising in Folk and Acoustic Music with a tinge of Soul. Based in Shropshire and formed from local experienced musicians, the line-up features Diane Drummond on vocals. You may have heard her velvet tones in the vocal group Malenka, but in Driftwood she get the space to show her amazing voice to its full effect.This is because of the sensitive arrangements and accompaniment provided by Alister McDonald on keyboards, Dave Rolfe on guitar, and Joe Nunn on fiddle. Equally at home with Classical, Rock, Blues, Jazz or Church music, Alister turns his hand to folk music with style. But hints of other styles ‘flavour’ the music, so that Driftwood do not play ‘plain’ folk, but colour their arrangements with overtones from all genres of music. Dave Rolfe is familiar to Shropshire and Staffordshire folk audiences as half of the duo Take Two, Dave’s subtle guitar accompaniments and driving rhythms complement the Driftwood sound perfectly. On fiddle is the youngster of the band, Joe Nunn. Spurning rumours that he is only included to reduce the average age of the band, Joe plays with a maturity and sensitivity rare in one so young.