When The Wilders first named themselves, they didn’t realise the moniker was a bit of old-time snake oil; less of a description, and more a prediction.

Since then, they just got wilder and the music even more engaging. With a soul that lies in the Ozarks, they are firmly established as one of the best-loved ‘live’ acts on the planet with dobro and banjo, old-time fiddle tunes, allegiances to Hank Williams and Johnny Cash and original material that keeps on setting the woods on fire.

The band thrilled capacity crowds at The Famous Spiegeltent during Edinburgh Festival Fringe over three consecutive years, winning themselves a coveted Herald Angel - the equivalent of an Oscar – for their contribution, with a five-star review from the publication. The Scotsman said: “The fantastic Wilders in full flight generate the kind of tunes that should by rights leave vapour trails”.

The new songs conjure up small town crazies and wrecked lives with the raucous intensity to paint the pictures in aural Technicolour. Their latest CD - “Someone’s Got To Pay” - went straight up the Roots of Country Top 50 on its release and won the Alt-Country ‘Album of The Year’ title in the American Independent Music Awards.

Last time in the UK, the Sold Out signs went up almost everywhere they landed and they wowed big crowds at HebCeltFest and Larmer Tree Festival.

The Hillbilly Hurricane keeps blowing everyone away.

Following their midsummer tour of Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, the great quotes kept coming.

“Completely infectious and addictive – a high-energy foot-stompin party,” said Graeme Scott of Americana UK

"The hottest heroes to ride out of Kansas City since Jesse James," wrote Rob Adams in The Herald, while Sue Wilson, in The Scotsman, said: “The band makes a tremendously exhilarating impact.”

In 2009, their headline show attracted a capacity crowd during Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival. Filmed for BBC 2’s Festival Highlights programme, presenter Mary Ann Kennedy introduced them as “one of the undoubted hits” of the year.