A typical New Scorpion Band concert contains an entertaining mix of traditional songs and ballads about love, the sea, work and war, interspersed with lively jigs, polkas, hornpipes, reels and marches. Often the songs are sung in harmony with accompaniment on a wide variety of unusual instruments, including strings (plucked and bowed), wood and brasswind, "free" reed, and percussion (a concert will typically contain twenty five instruments and five voices).

The songs are usually introduced in English - but French, Greek, Italian and Spanish are also offered. The introductions place the songs and tunes in their historical context in an informative and humorous manner, and the whole audience is strongly encouraged to join in with the choruses.

Devised in 2005 for the Bi-Centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the Death of Admiral lord Nelson. The show will incorporate music (played on a variety of old and unusual instruments), songs, readings and poetry about the events surrounding the great national hero and those who served alongside him. Also a newly written but totally traditional 'Mummers' play. A must for your Nelson Supper or community celebration. Workshops are also offered for schools and colleges, which can incorporate dancing and social history.

"Shiver me timbers, after a night listening to the New Scorpion Band's sea shanties I'll be blowed if I don't crave a life on the open waves. And for a landlubber who couldn't tell his poop deck from his rigging, that is quite a transformation. The entertaining five-piece, dressed in full 18th century regalia, delivered a smouldering broadside of songs, poetry and prose in Lynn's Town Hall. As they warmed up their concertinas, oboes, bassoons, whistles, flutes and violins, it was clear the audience was in for an evening with a difference. It was difficult not to get swept away by the Scorpion's jaunty nostalgia. Several times I found the music making me daydream about 18th century pubs and tankards full of frothy, warm beer. The thoroughly entertaining programme was presented beneath a large painting of Nelson and you could almost see the great Admiral nodding in approval."

"THE CARNAL AND THE CRANE" - The ideal way to start the traditional Christmas season, with a glorious selection of Christmas stories, poetry, folk carols, and not forgetting the "mummers". Readings from Kenneth Grahame, Thomas Hardy, John Clare, Vita Sackville-West, Laurie Lee and others.

"I was richly rewarded by musical entertainment of the highest quality. I have now heard this remarkable band on 4 occasions, three times in remote Devon villages and once in Hampshire. If you have never seen the band, please take my word for it, this is something special and you don't need to be a 'folkie' to appreciate it. They will be back. I will be there; make sure you join me!"

"OUT ON THE OCEAN" - An enthralling evening of poetry and music about the sea and the seaside, with readings from Dylan Thomas, Coleridge, John Betjeman and others.

"I can't finish without mentioning 'Out On The Ocean' - a show put on by the New Scorpion Band; if you haven't seen them yet you don't know what you are missing, a veritable feast presented with silver service, the tops."
Traditions at the Tiger - June 2004 Edition

"The New Scorpion Band are sophisticated musicians with the technical and creative skills to produce music sets of diversity and originality. In the marquee, with the sounds of sunday bathers and the waves in Swanage Bay, they performed their set piece, 'Beside the Sea', which combines poetry with music ranging from traditional folk song to music hall and jazz."
Folk on Tap - Swanage, September 2000