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The Swan Duo

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The SwanLock Duo is a friendly London based act that provides wedding, cooperate and function entertainment.
Acoustic duo
London
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The SwanLock Duo is a friendly London based act that provides wedding, cooperate and function entertainment. Using an assortment of loop stations, harmony pedals and other clever tricks they create the atmosphere, sound and groove of a full five-piece band. Barry and Larissa are both London based session musicians who have completed degrees in music. They have been working professionally for over seven years. The SwanLock Duo formed in early 2014 and have since done over 300 successful gigs. This is one of their proudest projects, and they guarantee to get your crowd dancing and your party moving.

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Experienced: 5 bookings through Encore
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Genres:
Pop, Acoustic, Covers, Funk, Funk rock, Soul, Top 40, Rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Alternative rock, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Jazz, Easy listening
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Event types:
Wedding, Wedding proposal, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Concert, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve
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The Swan Duo's Song list

1960’s
Ben E King - Stand By Me
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
Dean Martin - everybody loves somebody
Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
Etta James - At last
Frankie Valli - I can't take my eyes of you
James Brown - I Feel good
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Neil diamond - sweet Caroline
Otis Redding - Hard To Handle
Ray Charles - Hit the road Jack
Sugar pie honey bunch - I can’t help myself
Toots and the Maytals - Monkey man
The Beatles - Come together
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Beatles - Twist and shout
The Beatles - Yesterday
The Four Tops - Reach Out
The Monkees - I’m A Believer
The Temptations - My Girl
Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally
1970s
Abba - dancing queen
Abba - Mamma Mia
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Bobby Hebb - Sunny
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Elton John - your song
Elton john - tiny dancer
Fleet Wood Mac - Dreams
Fleet Wood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Free - Alright Now
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Grease - You The One That I Want
Lauren wood - Fallen
Lionel Richie - Easy Like Sunday Morning
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle
Stevie Wonder - Isn’t She Lovely
Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
The Jackson 5 - Shake Your Body
1980’s
Annie Lennox - sweet dreams
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a place on earth
Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayer
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the dark
Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69’
Daryl Hall and John Oates - You make my dreams
David Bowie - Let's dance
Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
Fleetwood mac - Everywhere
George Michael - Faith
Journey - Don’t Stop Believin’
Lauren wood - Fallen
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Prince - Kiss
Prince - purple rain
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen - I Want To Break Free
Queen - We are the champions
Sade - Your love is King
Starship - We built this city
Sting - Englishman In New
The proclaimer - 500 miles
Toto - Rosanna
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
Tracy chapman - Fast car
Tiffany - I think we're alone now
1990’s
All Saints - Never Ever
Alanis morisette - Hand in my pocket
Alanis Morissette - Ironic
Blur - Girls and boys
Big mountain - Baby I love your way
Chaka Khan - Ain’t Nobody
Charles and Eddie - Would I love to you?
Destiny child’s - Say my name
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Four Non Blondes - What's Up
Gala rizzatto - Freed from desire
Lighthouse Family - High
Los Lobos - La Bamba
Macy Gray - I Try
Michael Jackson - Black Or White
Moloko - Sing It Back
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
Oasis - Wonderwall
Robin S - show me love
SNAP - Rhythm is a dancer
The cranberries - zombie
The Rembrandts - I’ll be there for you
Tom Jones - sexbomb
Vengaboys - Boom boom boom
2000’s
Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own/ain't no mountain high enough
Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Artful dodger - moving too fast
Bon jovi - it’s my life
Coldplay - Clocks
Coldplay - Magic
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
Corinne Bailey Rae - Trouble Sleeping
Craig David - Walking Away
Daft punk - One more time
Duffy - Mercy
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home/Dirty Paws
Estelle - American Boy
Florence & The Machine - You've Got The Love
Gabrielle - Out of reach
Franz Ferdinand - Take me out
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Jack Johnson - Better together
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Jason Mraz - I won’t give up
Joss Stone - Super Duper Love
Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire
Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
Kt Tunstall - Black Horse And A Cherry Tree
Maroon 5 - Sunday morning
Modjo - Lady
Outkast - Hey Ya
Reef - Place Your Hands
Rhianna - Rude boy
Rhianna - We found love
Sam Sparro - Black And Gold
Sandi thom - I wish I was a punk rocker
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Sophie Ellis - Murder on the dance floor
Sweet Female attitude - Flowers
The Black eyed peas - I gotta feeling
The Killers - Mr Brightside
The Kooks - Naive
Vanessa - A thousand miles
2010’s
Adele - Rolling In The Deep
Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
Avicii - Wake Me Up
Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
Bruno Mars - Treasure
Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
Calvin Harris - How Deep Is Your Love
Camilla Cabello - Havanay
Carly Rae Jeoson - Call me maybe
Charlie Puth - Attention
Daft punk - Get lucky
Dua Lipa - New Rules
Dua Lipa - one kiss
Dua lipa - don’t start now
Dua lipa -
Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran - Perfect
Ed sheeran - I Don’t care
Ella Henderson - Yours
George Ezra - Budapest
George Ezra - shotgun
James Bay - Hold Back The River
James Arthur - Say You Won’t Let Go
Jesse Glynne - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself
Jesse Glynne - Hold My Hand
Jessie J - Domino
Jessie J - Price tag
Justin Bieber - Love yourself
Justin Bieber - Sorry
Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean
Julia Michaels - Issues
Khalid - Talk
Lady Gaga - shallow
Lewis capaldi - someone you loved
Lil Nas x - Old town road
Magic - Rude
Major Laser - Lean On
Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know
Maroon 5 - Moves like jagger
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
Miley Cyrus - nothing breaks like a heart
Pharell Williams - Happy
Pink - Raise Your Glass
Rag'n Bone - Human
Sam Smith - Stay With Me
Sam Smith - I Know Not The Only One
Shawn Mendes - Stitches
Sia - Chandelier
Taylor swift - shake it off
The Chainsmokers - Closer
The Lumineers - Ho Hey
The Weeknd - I Can't Feel My Face
The Weeknd - Blinded lights
Tones and I - Dance monkey
Zara Larsson - Lush Life
Walk the moon - Shut up and dance
Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

The sound we create with direct pedals to make us sound like a band instead of two people. The energy we put into the performance.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

We’ve done everything from pub gigs to many weddings abroad such as Croatia, France, Italy, Greece and Thailand

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

We listen to all kind of music and play songs from all areas.

Do you have different line-up options?

Yes we do. Our standard line- up is vocals and looping guitar. You can add either a sax or cajon to make it to a trio and we also have a cajon and dj package where you get cajon throughout the live performance and Dj.

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

We are very flexible and any changes are no problem at all, we know things can change during the day.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Absolutely. This is included in the standard quote. If you want us to continue till the end of the night we can los do this for an extra fee.

How much time do you need to set up?

We give ourselves an hour but it normally don’t take longer than 20-30min.

Can you roam around while you perform?

Not really. As we are a looping duo we need all different pedals. If you only want guitar and vivas the it’s not problem.

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

You can suggest songs you like and don’t like and I will tailor a set to your suggestions.

Is all of the equipment (e.g. PA & lighting) included in your quote?

Yes we include pa and lights

Can you learn song requests before the event?

Yes. One request is included in the price.

The Swan Duo's Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Standard Prices
Performance durationPrice
Up to 1 hour£400
Up to 2 hours£600
Up to 3 hours£900

Add-ons

Cajon/ percussion
+£350
Cajon/ Dj
+£540
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The Swan Duo's Reviews

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Elly A
8 months ago
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5 out of 5

Larissa and Barry were amazing! Fantastic duo, brilliant music and so nice to deal with. HIGHLY recommend!

Reply from The Swan Duo
8 months ago

Thanks for having us. We had a great time and it was lovely to meet you

TM
Tim M
10 months ago
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5 out of 5

We booked them for our wedding they were amazing - superb vocals and brilliant guitar huge and varied repertoire just incredible

Reply from The Swan Duo
10 months ago

Thanks so much for having us, we really enjoyed it and good luck with everything in the future.

LH
Lizzie H
2 years ago
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5 out of 5

The Swanlock duo were amazing for our wedding reception. The first set was perfect for guests to relax and enjoy as background music, then the party really started with the second set. They took our request for our first dance and did an amazing job! Thanks guys for being the perfect addition to our special day!

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Victoria G
6 years ago
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5 out of 5

They were awesome, will definitely book them for our next event. They are perfect for any setting!

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Matt G
10 months ago, for a Wedding in 21 Stacey St
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5 out of 5

The Swanlock duo were amazing and really made the whole day. We had a few hiccups sorting out our wedding and had to do some last minute re-planning but Larissa was brilliant and really willing to adapt - given how stressful wedding planning can be this was worth its weight in gold. We were so pleased we could make something work and it really did make the difference. Larissa is a hugely talented singer who has a massive set list and the vocal skills to match. We and so many of our guests felt having them there really made the whole wedding party pop and get people in the right groove. 100% recommend! Matt & Andy

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Wedding, T
8 years ago

The Swanlock duo were amazing. I could not fault their passion on the stage, their performance standard and quality they were brilliant and OMG Larissa can sing she was exactly what we wanted, very impressive. They were extremely accommodating of our guests using the microphone for speeches and the kids absolutely loved them. At one point they had them all up stage singing an dancing. The song we picked for the first dance was executed flawlessly

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