Jon Loomes - Fearful Symmetry

Debut CD from a young folk musician building a reputation on the folk club scene. Although still in his twenties, Jon Loomes has been performing English Traditional Music for many years. Growing up in a family of traditional performers, his first instrument was a dulcimer. Also as a child he learned piano, flute and church organ, and sang in various bands and choirs.At college he studied voice and composition and started to go to local English music sessions where he taught himself to player fiddle and melodeon. After graduating he worked for various music publishers before moving on to a recording studio in Cambridge. Here, he became involved in the local French dance scene and started to play hurdy-gurdy and English concertina.His guitar style is heavily based on folk dance rhythms borrowed from traditional fiddle and melodeon players - Jon frequently plays fiddle for numerous dance teams including Ryburn Longsword and Black Swan Rapper.Also a solo performer, Jon sings traditional material, accompanying himself on guitar, fiddle, melodeon, English concertina, cittern and hurdy-gurdy. He is steadily building a reputation via his solo appearances and as a duo with Paul Scourfield.T