IT’S been almost two years since Boston’s Willard Grant Conspiracy last toured the UK.

But the band have been regulars over here ever since their formation, 20 years ago.

A loose, ever revolving cast of up to 30 musicians, with the only constant being singer and songwriter Robert Fisher, they are a live favourite.

This September, WGC will return to the UK as a trio – Robert Fisher being joined by long-time collaborator and principle viola player, David Michael Curry (also of the Thalia Zedek Band) as well as cellist Jonah Sacks.

They play Southampton’s Talking Heads on Tuesday.

Although often pigeon-holed as being an Americana band, they are certainly deserving of a wider audience.

WGC’s last album, 2013’s Ghost Republic, received much critical praise, with Mojo magazine describing it as being “at times hushed and poetic, at others dizzyingly huge and squalling” and The Line Of Best Fit calling it “a haunting, remarkable record which grips you like the living dead”.

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