13th February 2010 A great weekend. On Saturday morning we found out that our Intro CD had won the Spiral Earth Awards 2010 Best Debut . Thank you for all your votes. On Saturday evening we had a fantastic time at Newcastle University playing for their Irish Dance Sociey. Our thanks to Gillian Hodge and the rest of the girls from the Irish Dance group for inviting us up there to perform with them.

15th December 2009 Dan became a first time Daddy today on his birthday! Marie gave birth to a baby boy Callum this morning. Congratulations to Dan & Marie.

14th December 2009 The QP Intro CD has been nominated for Spiral Earth Awards 2010 "debut" category. You can add your vote and/or track the awards progress; Spiral Earth Awards 2010.

21st September 2009 Newcastle University Freshers Ceilidh. Amazing time last night... hundreds of Freshers attempting to ceilidh, most of them never having done it before.. SO much fun. Well done to Rosie for attempting to herd the cats, and to Sally for organising it. Book The QP for your raucous Freshers ceilidhs now!!!

31st August 2009 We has a great weekend at Shrewsbury Folk Festival It was a somewhat eventful but very enjoyable weekend. Friday - Three of the band got stuck in major motorway jams, and their anticipated 1pm arrival time became 5.15pm. They literally walked on the stage as their performance started. Thanks to the great sound engineers and MC, the set was a great success. Saturday - All went for the sound check in the dance tent, and the band where within 15 minutes of playing went part of the marquee fell down. A hastily arranged Al fresco acoustic performance outside the now evacuated marquee was enjoyed by all. Sunday - Fortunately no disasters today, but instead a very enjoyable return to Genevieve Tudor's legendary middle studio to perform live on her Sunday Folk on BBC Radio Shropshire.

29th July 2009 It was a privelage to play on the main stage at Warwick Folk Festival Warwick is our "home" festival, and we made our debut there as the "Quarter Pounders" in 2006. We are of course biased, but Warwick is one of the best festivals.

13th July 2009 We had at great time at Ely Folk Festival Ely is a great folk festival, and if you have not been before we can highly recommend it. Our thanks to the Ely committee and all the stewards for making us so welcome. See reviews of the festival by: SpiralEarth "The QP: A stunning blend of folk, jazz, funk, rock and blues" Moving Tone "The QP were a great discovery" Ely Online "I suspect I’m not the only one who will name The QP as their favourite act from this years list."

8th July 2009 Tim Yates joins the band as our bass player. We are very excited to announce that Tim Yates, a great young bass player, has joined the band... so there are now seven to fit on the stage. Tim makes his debut at Ely Folk Festival, and will add a new dimension to our music... see fRoots review. We will add pictures and bio of Tim after Ely.

15th May 2009 fRoots - Issue 312, June 2009 "The QP Intro (QP QPCD0801) Lots of good ideas here, heaps of rhythmic trickery, bags of oomph and crossing of ethnic styles. You can see the potential, go for it; bright and willing to learn, The QP have but one fault and that’s too much that’s high end, they’re missing the heavy groove that an electric bass would bring to their brilliant drummer. As an introduction though, this’ll do."

3rd April 2009 Thank Goodness It's Folk - Sheffield Live! 92.3fm Community Radio Matt was interviewed about The QP and Steamchicken. He played three sets of tunes live, and they played Walk Towards Delight from our Intro CD.

15th March 2009 Wedge's Warwickshire - BBC Coventry and Warwickshire Radio Keith Wedgebury played some tracks from our CD on his Wedge's Warwick Sunday and Wednesday programmes; Calico/Gemini, Fish Fisch, Bonny Bonny, Ye Mariners/Bellas Reel Jig, Hexham Farmer. He also included some excerpts from the radio interview of the 5 January with Dan, Susie, Laurel.

7th March 2009 Newcastle University Union Irish Dance Society. We had a great time at this gig. Thanks to Ruth for organising. Will really enjoyed playing in his "adopted" home city, and not having to travel 200 miles for a gig.

11th January 2009 Genevieve Tudor's Sunday Folk - BBC Shropshire Radio Genevieve Tudor played two tracks from our Intro CD on her Sunday Folk; Intro, Ye Mariners/Bellas Reel Jig.

5th January 2009 John Butler - BBC Coventry and Warwickshire Radio Susie, Laurel, Dan and Doug were guests on John Butler's Monday evening show on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire Radio. John was great and put us all at ease. We spent around 45 minutes in the studio chatting with John on and off the air, and he played 4 tracks from our debut CD; Intro, Mexican Catharsis Set, Walking into the Window, Hexham Farmer.

15th December 2008 A great end to 2008. CD launch party on Friday with wonderful guests Tindall Family and Keith Donnelly. Thanks to all those who helped, and all those who came to support the band. Joint gig on Sunday with the brilliant Isambarde Electric band.

22nd November 2008 Excellent evening in the Old New Inn Harbury. Thanks to Sandra and Brian for booking the band.

17th September 2008 Sponsorship received towards our debut CD from Britannia Kitchen Ventilation. Dan's employer has very kindly provided sponsorship towards our debut CD. We very much appreciate this donation and our association with Britannia Kitchen Ventilation.

14th September 2008 Our final festival for 2008 at Bromyard Folk Festival. A great festival, met lots of old friends, wellies were essential, and the icing on the cake for us was to play on the main stage on Sunday afternoon. Our thanks to the organisers, and in particular the fantastic stewards who worked so hard towing cars/caravans/campervans on and off the site.

25th August 2008 A great gig at Towersey Village Festival. We played at the Festival Dance House and had a great time. Thanks to the organisers for inviting us, hope we can visit again.

5th August 2008 A wonderful seaside gig at Sidmouth Folk Week. Three of the band were already at the festival performing with Steamchicken and Chinewrde. The other three took a day off work to drive from Warwickshire to Sidmouth, eat fish and chips, and play to a lovely audience at the Bedford Hotel. Thanks to the organisers for inviting us, hope we can visit again next year.

26th July 2008 A fantastic Warwick Folk Festival, and an invite to this year's Sidmouth Folk Week. We had an amazing time at Warwick. The atmosphere in the town and at the festival site was the best ever. Just before the weekend we received invite to play at Sidmouth Folk Week on Monday 4th August, which we readily accepted.

16th July 2008 Combined gig with Isambarde in Nuneaton on Sunday 14th December. We were asked by Isambarde to join them in a combined gig, which we were delighted to accept.

13th July 2008 The QP had great time at Spratton Folk Festival yesterday. We played on the Main Stage on the Saturday afternoon, and that was quite an experience for the band. There was a impressive lineup, and we can thoroughly recommend checking it out this festival next year.

9th July 2008 The QP had a brilliant time at Coventry's Godiva Festival last weekend. We played in the Rhythm Tent on the Sunday afternoon at the festival. It may have been somewhat wet outside, but inside the marquee the crowds were having a party. A fine festival with some great acts. See Pete Willow's kind comments on our Quotes page.

23rd June 2008 The QP had a great weekend at Beverley Folk Festival. We had 2 spots at the festival on Friday evening, and also joined in sessions on the site and in local pubs over the weekend. It was a brilliant festival, great acts, and the Wold Top Marquee was so much fun.

19th June 2008 The QP are booked to play at Towersey Village Festival. We have been booked to play at Towersey Village Festival on Monday 25th August, at 8pm in the Dance Hall. This is their award from the St Albans New Roots competition.

4th May 2008 The QP supported Harvey Andrews at the Red Lion. Last night, we had the privelage of being asked to support Harvey Andrews at the Red Lion Folk Club, Kings Heath, Birmingham. If you have never seen Harvey, then do so as he is amazing. Happy 65th Birthday to Harvey on Wednesday 7th May.

19th April 2008 The QP are booked to play at The Godiva Festival. We have been booked to play at the Godiva Festival in Coventry's Memorial Park. This is advertised as "The Midlands’ Biggest and Best Free Festival".

14th April 2008 The QP played at the New Roots Competition. We were fortunate enough to play at the final of New Roots Competition in St Albans on Sunday 13th April. We met some great young artists there, and we would like to thank the organisers and judges for an excellent day.

2nd April 2008 Welcome to the new The QP band web site. We already have some exciting festival bookings this year at Beverley, Spratton, Warwick and Bromyard. We hope that you may be able to catch us at one of these festivals.