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Saturday 11th Time TBA
As the London-born son of a ska promoter, Si Cranstoun’s formative years were spent busking with his brother and in The Dualers. “It’ll always hold a magic for me,” he remembers. “But the not-so-great things were bad weather, competition, the drunks…”
Si has already been dubbed “the king of vintage” by The Express, and enjoyed rave endorsements from influential DJs like Terry Wogan, and Chris Evans.
His 2016 album Old School, released on Ruf Records, ups the ante, with Si setting the controls for the golden era and tipping his hat to formative influences like Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, and Big Joe Turner.
“When it comes to taste,” he says, “it’s ’40s, ’50s, ’60s all the way”.