Artist Info: Brickwork Lizards

The Brickwork Lizards are an 8-piece Oxford band that bridge the divide between Arabic and Western music. They blend oud, cello, fiddle, guitar, banjo, trumpet, percussion into musical styles from traditional Arabic and jazz to blues, spoken word and hip-hop.

“The band sound like nothing else around. They have the charm and style of the 30’s and 40’s with the haunting seductiveness of Middle Eastern music brought bang up to date with the occasional non-intrusive rap elements. [read more...]