Anglo - French folksters Topette!! are delighted to be coming to Newcastle on their 2026 UK Tour. The band play exciting acoustic dance music, perfect for French (balfolk) dancing, but equally good for listeners.
Topette!! are celebrating the release of their fifth album, Tazon and will play a varied set from their 12 year history...
Andy Cutting - diatonic button accordion
Julien Cartonnet - French bagpipes, tenor banjo
James Delarre - violin & viola
Laurence Hunt - percussion
Barn Stradling - acoustic bass guitar

https://www.topette.co.uk/

​https://topette.bandcamp.com

'Topette!! occupy a unique position in the current folk and traditional music landscape. A collaboration between five highly-regarded individuals from two countries, they’re the kind of perfect idea that, if they didn’t already exist, someone would have to invent. Topette!! are a true collective - bonded as much by the joy found in each other’s company as in their shared musical vision.
Julien Cartonnet is a powerhouse on both bagpipes and banjo. Fiddler James Delarre’s innate melodic and harmonic sensibilities make him the perfect match for accordion virtuoso Andy Cutting. Laurence Hunt’s instinctive percussion and Barn Stradling’s singularly distinctive bass grooves complete a sound that is irresistible to ears and feet alike.' (Steve Hunt)

"The Topette!! sound enters your skull and penetrates, burrowing deep and never loosening its grip that proves irresistible to both feet and brain."
​David Kidman, Folk Radio - www.folkradio.co.uk/2022/04/topette-bourdon/