Hector Gannet

Aaron Duff from North Shields on Tyneside, works both solo and with his band under the moniker Hector Gannet. Described as “masters of a kind of new, modernist folk music” and taking their name from an ill-fated trawler which sank in the North Sea under heroic circumstances in 1967 on which Aaron Duff’s Grandfather was one of the few survivors, Hector Gannet’s musical incarnation began to draw attention back in 2017 when Aaron wrote music to accompany vintage footage of the North East heritage of shipbuilding and fishing as part of a project for the BFI, and a tour supporting fellow Shieldsman Sam Fender soon followed.

HG released debut album Big Harcar amid the post covid stress of 2020, and have played widely since, including support slots with Richard Thompson, Sea Power, Lanterns on The Lake, Kathryn Joseph, Peter Doherty and Kathryn Williams, plus two North American adventures and, more recently selling out 500 cap Sage Hall Two in Gateshead, and 600 Whitley Bay Playhouse.

Their critically acclaimed second album The Land Belongs to Us garnered      MOJO, 7/10 UNCUT, Album of The Month The Crack, plus multiple sell out gigs, and a stadium gig supporting Sam Fender at St James Park Newcastle.