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TripManhattan are one of Yorkshire's brightest new bands, playing mature, carefully crafted rock and pop inspired originals; blending powerful female lead vocals with a guitar driven sound, passion and performance grounded in the great days of British music.

 

See teh band members' profiles in the menu...

 

TripManhattan can be found touring around venues in Hull and East Yorkshire, playing their exciting flavour of

music at private parties and festival gigs.  To find out where they are next, check out the gig dates on the hompage...

 

 

The style of music is mixed, ranging from slow ballads, characterised by our beautiful acoustic number, 'Annie'

or Alanis Morrisette's 'One hand in my pocket' to racier numbers like 'Cold Night', 'Lies' or the creepy 'The

hunter'.  These are complimented by Indie numbers like the fun songs 'Wino' and 'Lager boy' and various blues

inspired songs. Where tracks like 'Hard Road' sit in the genre pigeon holes so loved by the record companies is hard to say...

 

 

We are available for hire... just let us know

 

 

A brief history

TripManhattan is the musical reincarnation of StripLight which was formed in late 2005 when Simon Hudson, Nigel Downes and Dave Marritt split from their previous band, 'Trusted' and joined with Andy Smith and Jane Watkins!  


A name change become necessary in spring 2006 when a London band of the same name signed a record contract, at which point TripManhattan was born. 

 

The band were due to go into the studio in November, but this was cancelled due to Andy's father becoming seriously ill and this uncertainty led to a marked reduction in the bands activities into 2007 when he sadly died, by which time Jane had accepted an offer to work in Spain for 6 months.

 

This led to a search for a new singer, with Jane's help, resulting in Caroline joining TripManhattan in spring 2007. The following months saw the band rehearse and revise its material to suit Caroline and a slightly edgier and bluesier direction, before beginning live performances again in July 2007.

 


To book us, just drop us a line or give us a call.
Try the Contact us page - it's as good a place to try as any...