Roger Digby

Roger Digby has been playing Anglo Concertina for 50 years. A founder member of Flowers and Frolics, he was at the forefront of the resurgence of interest in Traditional English Dance Music in the 1970s, before playing in a duo with fiddle player, Liz Giddings. Throughout this he also maintained a busy role accompanying Bob Davenport, a singer widely considered the best in the field. Recently he has been playing Sliabh Luchra music in The Michael Sheehy Band. He believes passionately in the integrity and quality of Traditional Music and is very outspoken in championing it. In his concertina workshops he combines his knowledge of music and the concertina with his many years of teaching experience.