The Chicken Ruckus

Old time and folk from body and soul

The Chicken Ruckus play old-time and folk with heart and soul. Their songs and tunes are rooted in the South East of the USA, where Irish and English songs mingled with African-American blues at the beginning of the 20th century. Accompanied by banjo, mandolin, fiddle and bass guitar, The Chicken Ruckus sing about the cool mountains and the wild coasts, about working on the railroad tracks and in the coal mines, about love, life, death and whatever may come afterwards.

Every performance by The Chicken Ruckus is both raw and melodious, performed with passion and guaranteed to touch every audience deep inside, unless they are swept away by the pounding rhythms and crunchy bass lines.

Line-up

- Anna Messerli: fiddle, vocals
- Severin Erni: 5-string banjo, harmonica, vocals
- Sacha Häusler: mandolin, octave mandolin, vocals
- Stephen Ferron: acoustic bass guitar, vocals