Joe Duddell; Composer, musician and conductor from Manchester.  Resident composer for festival No.6.  Has worked with Elbow, James, Richard Hawley, New Order, Gaz Coombes, Blossoms, Edwin Collins and many more.  Joe composed and conducted the string and brass arrangements on “Stories from the Border” many moons ago.  Hearing these played live at EVE studios was spine tingling.