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Rev Hammer
Rev Hammer is an accomplished singer/songwriter
who has entertained crowds right across the UK
and Europe. He's never formed a band as such, with
the friends he has there's probably no need; the
Levellers, Justin Sullivan (New Model Army), Eddi
reader, Phil Johnstone to name a few.
His first album was recorded on a shoe string in a barn with the levellers backing him for free. His most ambitious recording is 'Freeborn John' the story of John Lilburne, Englands first radical and unsung hero of the Civil War. A glittering cast of collaborators help make the album a folk-rock tour de force; Rev, Maddy Prior, The Levellers, Justin Sullivan, New Model Army, Eddi Reader, Rory McLeod, Harry S. Fulcher and Phil Johnstone. At the Beautiful Days festival in 2005 Freeborn John was performed three nights on a row and had standing ovations every time. Check out Rev's site for audio and video.
In the winter of '94-'95 Rev joined the Serious Road Trip, a charity entertainment
troupe; and along with jugglers, clowns, DJ's and other musicians toured
the refugee camps in Slovenia and Croatia which acted as home for thousands
of victims of the Balkan Conflicts and War.
Another of his projects is the Red Sky Coven - a travelling folk club with poet Joolz and Justin Sullivan. They deliver a powerful mix of spoken word, music and song.