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The Carnival was an American pop group formed by percussionist José Soares and vocalist Janis Hansen, both formerly of Sergio Mendes' Brasil '66. Initially a joint venture between Walter Wanderley and the original members of Brasil '66, the group eventually settled into a quartet augmented by Terry Fischer of the Murmaids and bassist Tommy Neal.
The band was founded in 1983 by Andy Watts and Giles Lewin, together with Bill Badley, after Watts had been the musical director of an open-air Medieval Players production of Rabelais' Gargantua. The show featured actors, giant carnival characters, puppets, acrobatics, juggling and 16th-century music.
The Carnival Band is a large marching band and community orchestra based in the Commercial Drive area of East Vancouver, Canada.It is a part of the Activist Street Band movement, best known in the United States through the HONK! festivals.
The Carnival Band evolved out of The Medieval Players. The combination of Giles Lewin, Andy Watts, Bill Badley and Jub dates from 1985. They have recorded as a backing band for Maddy Prior. Lewin joined up with Vivien Ellis, another member of the Dufay Collective and the Carnival Band to become the duo Alva in 1997, specialising in the music of ...
The Carnival Band may refer to: The Carnival Band (Canadian band), a marching band and community orchestra based in East Vancouver, Canada;
Death Penalty, a 1982 album by the heavy-metal band Witchfinder General "Death Penalty", the title track from the aforementioned Witchfinder General album; Death Penalty (film), a 1980 television film starring Colleen Dewhurst
Hang Up Sorrow and Care is an album by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Released in 1995, it is a loose concept album, with renditions of songs that were written hundreds of years ago. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
Prior has recorded session work, albums of her own songs and eclectic styles from medieval (with The Carnival Band), through British folk rock — Steeleye Span and Maddy Prior appeared on television with a regular BBC 4 programme Electric Folk [3] — prog-rock and traditional songs, including session work on Mike Oldfield's Incantations. She ...