The Bilberries give pop and rock favourites a folky feel, arranging popular songs for acoustic guitar, violin and two singers. From Guns 'n' Roses to Simon and Garfunkel, from Thin Lizzy to James, the common thread is our own unique style. We are a band that enjoys playing with music and will take you along for the ride!
We have been playing together since 2015, bringing a mix of musical heritages, which we have combined to form our distinctive sound.
Contact us for more examples of our work -- we have a variety of songs recorded.
Based in Dorking, Surrey
60s
- The Boxer (Simon and Garfunkle)
- A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum)
- House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
70s
- Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac)
- Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzy)
- Space Oddity (David Bowie)
- Ain't no Sunshine (Bill Withers)
80s
- Take on Me (Aha)
- Together In Electric Dreams (Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder)
~ Tunnel of Love (Dire Straits)
- Only You (Yazoo)
- Sweet Child of Mine (Guns 'n' Roses)
- Poison (Alice Cooper)
- I Wanna Be (500 Miles) (The Proclaimers)
- Sunshine on Leith (The Proclaimers)
- Dirty Old Town (The Pogues)
- Don't Stop Believin' (Journey)
- Come On Eileen (Dexys Midnight Runners)
90s
- Kiss from a Rose (Seal)
- Linger (The Cranberries)
- If it Makes You Happy (Sheryl Crow)
- Young At Heart (The Bluebells)
- Baby One More Time (Britney Spears)
- Shiny Happy People (REM)
- Good Riddance (Green Day)
- Runaway (The Coors)
- Creep (Radiohead)
- Wonderwall (Oasis)
- Sit Down (James)
- If I could Turn Back Time (Cher)
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
00s
- Fix You (Coldplay)
- Complicated (Avril Lavigne)
Traditional
- Range of traditional folk music available
One plug socket!
A performance space for three people is crucial — about 6m by 4m minimum.
Yes, completely self-contained. We have our own amplification equipment
We just need to know where to unload our stuff
We don’t mind our amps being used to play music between sets but we’d rather not be responsible for choosing the set list!
We’ve performed at festivals, weddings, retirement gigs, birthdays and private events and all have been great fun. Some of the most fun gigs have just been for pubs, though, with everybody singing along!
We’re children of the 80s and 90s, so we love the electronic pop, Britpop and rock of that era. But we all also have a wide playing background that includes classical and folk, so we bring that to our sound too. We’re pretty unique!
We’ve all been playing music our whole lives and been gigging as a band since 2014.
They’re all great! But what event can beat a wedding…?
We need about 20 minutes to set up, and we tend to play 2 sets of 45-60 minutes each. We can play longer or shorter sets, but we find that this tends to suit the audience best.
We are always happy to play outside, and we fit well into many outdoor occasions.
We’re happy to have clients pick from our repertoire or just let us choose the music.
We take some time to arrange our songs for violin, guitar and two voices in our own style. We’re always looking for new songs that would suit us so please do let us know if you have anything you’d really like us to learn. However, some songs just suit our style much better than others so we’ll have to discuss the suggestions!
Customers are always really enthusiastic! They find our arrangements really clever and fun and they love the set lists and energy with which we perform. Plus we always get told that the music is “beautiful”!