About cctvallstars: " The sound of CCTV Allstars, for which he (Ed) is the guitarist and singer places them in the ska camp - you can hear the influence of those gigs back in England. The line up includes, however, a violinist in addition to the more expected brass section. This gives the band an interesting texture and reflects Ed's attitude to music making. The diversity of World Music is, he says, perhaps as equally important as the influence of ska. He goes on to say: it's a band for everyone. They've played a few times at XT3. I caught them a couple of weeks ago and I was immediatly taken with some of Ed's emotionally powerful melodies and was carried along with the rest of the crowd with the more folksy-sing-along songs. The audience were well into it, dancing, enthusiastically sang along, wolf whistled and cheered - just like a great party! "