'...a ceilidh band that stand out from the plethora' fRoots Magazine.
'The new CD is excellent - they had me 'Over a Barrel'!' Frank Hennessey, BBC Radio Wales.
'...they give their all in vital and refreshing performances that sparkle with infectiousness and responsive phrasing. All players display a well-developed sense of rhythm...deliciously sprung synchopations...deliriously joyful...an uplifting, feelgood disc... I just had to play it over again.' The Living Tradition Magazine.
'Malthouse Passage have a great sense of rhythm. A great sound... they're brilliant musicians.' Nonny James, BBC Hereford & Worcester.
Malthouse Passage 
- and now we are five! Dave, Lisa and Cathy (whose whacky plumbing is still a sight for sore eyes!) plus we welcome Alan Courtney, who is a superb songsmith and guitarist, and Nick Simon - an amazing bass player and guitarist.
Check out their new debut CD - 'Over a Barrel' by following the Malthouse Passage link on the menu bar, then the Music/MP3 link. You can also hear a few tracks on MySpace via the link on the same Music/MP3 page.
Go to the Malthouse pages for info on where you can catch them live; follow the bus for the gig list for venues, festivals etc we're performing in 2007/08...
Wompsters, due to family and other commitments, are taking a break for a while. We'd like to thank everyone for their huge encouragement and feedback - we were overwhelmed by the response!
We'll take with us wonderful memories of the humorous banter and heckling from the audience (I'll never look at a tube of Pringles in the same light again...) and also Helen's record-breaking Belly dancing workshops and displays at Broadstairs, (the dance stage in front of the Bandstand on the Prom was packed full of over 60 gyrating and shimmying bodies for the Grand Finale! Her troup received rapterous applause from the crowd and were the only workshop that year to be given an encore.) We also have very fond memories of a wonderful concertina player and friend, John Smedley, whose sessions in the Nelson were a joy.
There's a rumour that a new group is about to emerge...