Moon Music Orchestra

Moon Music Orchestra

Moon Music Orchestra is a London-based folk-rock collective centred on The Gladstone pub in Borough, where the group runs the venue and rehearses in rooms above it. The project develops from a loose collective into a fixed live line-up and usually performs as a six- or seven-piece.

Line-up and collaborators

The extended group includes occasional collaborators Findlay Brown and Simon Lord of Simian and Black Ghosts, alongside a wider circle of non-musical creatives. The band is described as an inclusive collective, with a broad and varied membership around its core players.

Style and activity

The group works with folk-rock instrumentation, including banjos, guitars and mandolins, and also uses a tape machine in its rehearsal space. It presents a communal, celebratory approach that mixes folk traditions with a pub-band atmosphere.

Performances

Moon Music Orchestra tours with friends and instruments in its own minibus and plays festivals and support shows in the UK. Its festival appearances include Green Man Festival and Moseley Folk Festival, where it performs energetic live sets.

Recording

The band also records its sound to tape after a period of live activity, marking a move from performance-focused work toward captured recordings.