The Bearwood Bandits are six piece collective formed in the autumn of 2015. Our aim is to play all things acoustic on a variety of traditional instruments: Folk, Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Americana, Blues – you name it, anything goes.

Our instruments include banjo, mandolin, fiddle, various guitars, accordion, dobro, octave mandola, washboard, harmonica, autoharp, melodica, tin whistles and kazoo, matched by female and male vocals.

Susy Hansel

Lead Vocals. Harmonica. Melodica. Guitar.

Madeline Norris

Vocals. Fiddle. Autoharp. Tin Whistles.

Peter Burgess

Banjo. Guitar. Dobro.

Dave Stanford

Vocals. Mandolin. Guitar. Banjo.

Adrian Norris

Tenor & Six String Guitar. Octave Mandola. Mandolin.

Sandra Starke

Accordion. Percussion. Washboard. Kazoo.