About us

The Baghdaddies are:

Nigel kirkpatrick     Trumpet, Vocals and Melodica, Flugal Horn

Paul Susans           Bass guitar , Vocals, Sousaphone and Double Bass

Martin Douglas      Drums, Vocals, Marching Drum and Percussion

Paul Ruddick         Saxophone,  Vocals and Flute

Ziad Jabero           Guitar, Vocals and Trombone

Touring the world for 14 years, the Baghdaddies’ music is world music with  strong Balkan tendencies alongside Caribbean grooves, Middle Eastern rhythms and even some Geordie [native Newcastle] touches, all awash with influences such as ska, jazz, punk and metal, delivered with theatre and exuberance. Uplifting and infectiously danceable, full of blistering brass, rousing 5 part vocal harmonies and a rhythm section that you can’t keep still to. Songs to listen to and party!

‘The band have a particular flair for the Balkans and capture its frenetic energy and flamboyance wonderfully. There is also a fair share of klezmer, jazz, ska and punk – an anarchic fusion where Ivo Papasov meets The Clash meets The Beat’ [songlines magazine]

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