THE danceable Bluehorses will be weaving their dynamic web of sounds round Huntingdon Hall when they come to Worcester.

The band, who are fronted by lead singer Liz Prendergast, base their music arrangements on traditional themes.

Liz, from Wales, who plays the electric Celtic harp and space-mandolin, has played the harp for Prince Charles.

When the band first started out in 1995, she was an instrumentalist but the band decided they wanted a vocalist.

"At the time I was the only person in the band who could hold a note so I got the job," she said.

She used to be into bands like Depeche Mode, but at music college in Wales she discovered folk music.

Her co-writer, and the band's co-founder, Nic Waulker, who plays drums, thought of the band's name.

The name, which started off as A Tale of Bluehorses, ended up as Bluehorses after being misheard.

Neil Browning joined the band in the autumn of 2001 on guitar.

Other members of the band are Nic's nephew, Nathan Walker, on bass, and Mark Knight, on fiddle.

The Bluehorses have shared stages with bands as diverse as the Levellers, Hawkwind and Oysterband.

She did music and drama while she was at college and has got an advanced diploma in electronics.

Her diploma, which taught her how to use keyboards and samplers, has come in useful with the band's material.

"We are writing new material at the moment," she says.

"We are using quite a lot of technology.

"The new stuff is instrumental - we are going back to our roots a little bit.

"It will still be the Bluehorses but with a different slant."

Liz says she started playing piano at the age of three, and at eight she started playing the violin.

"At 10 I took up the flute but I got bored.

"I took up the harp at 23 and I have done a harp recital with Prince Charles."

This claim to fame came about in 1994 on St David's Day when the prince came to Cardiff as part of the Prince's Youth Business Trust.

"The trust bought me my first harp."

Bluehorses have spent much of the last seven years on the road, honing their performing and song writing skills, and entertaining festival audiences from Spain to Scandinavia and even the Orkney Isles.

They have featured around the world on many radio and television shows and magazines, including the front cover of Froots.

Nic, who is known as the "Waulker wit", writes about earth issues and humour, and she writes "deep, meaningful, sad stuff."

"My song Child has a solo harp and vocals."

"I wrote it about a Welsh mother cradling her newly born , saying 'no matter what you do in life I will always love you.' "

Bluehorses play Huntingdon Hall on Friday, November 22.

Tickets are £9, with £8 concessions.

For further information cal the box office on 01905 611427.