Hot Brew
Hot Brew are Oona and Crispin Wheatflake; a folk duo who worship The Big White Radish. They have taken to the stage, after eight years absence, to bring their own blend of nonny song and New Age ‘wisdom’ to the people once more. Set to perform at the Edinburgh Festival this August, don’t miss the chance for an exclusive sneak preview at Port Eliot first…
With songs that reflect their journey through the thick brambles of Oona’s ‘epiphany’ to the fertile folk pasturelands of today, Hot Brew have been reaching out to new audiences on the London club scene over the past few weeks and have been fully embraced; the audience chanting “The root, the shoot and soon the fruit!” along with them at each of their ‘gigs’.
And in spite of Crispin and Oona having taken different prongs in the ‘folk fork’, the alchemy that occurs onstage between these two Kenilworth legends is a wonderful thing to behold. Jackal Films recently made a documentary about them called Roots which was filmed entirely in Kenilworth, Warwickshire – their hometown.
In reality, Hot Brew are none other than Alice Lowe (Garth Merenghi, Hot Fuzz, The Mighty Boosh, The Harry Enfield Show) and Antony Elvin and they bring their spoof folk duo to you in the hope that you will be elevated to the next level of vegetable and spiritual awareness.
They will perform at Edinburgh in August but according to Crispin that all depends on the Harvest being in first. Come and have your root gently tugged!
Look out for the film Roots being shown at the festival. “The root, the shoot and soon the fruit!”
Become a fan of Hot Brew on Facebook
Read a review in The Velvet Onion
www.jackalfilms.co.uk
Video:
Watch the short film, Roots (made by Jackal Films www.jackalfilms.co.uk), written by Antony Elvin and Alice Lowe, which introduces us to husband and wife, Oona and Crispin and, of course, the Big White Radish:
