Southern Tenant Folk Union

Southern Tenant Folk Union
Origin Edinburgh, Scotland, UK[1]
Genres Acoustic folk[2]
Years active 2006–present[3]
Labels Johnny Rock Records;[3] Ugly Nephew Records
Website www.southerntenantfolkunion.com
Members Rory Butler – guitar and lead vocals; Chris Purcell – guitar and lead vocals; Steve Fivey – percussion; Craig Macfadyen – double bass; Katherine Stewart – fiddle and vocals; Pat McGarvey – banjo and vocals
Past members Oliver Talkes – guitar and vocals; Pete Gow – guitar, harmonica and vocals; Eamonn Flynn – mandolin and vocals; Matt Lloyd – upright bass and vocals; Frances Vaux – fiddle and vocals; Roddy Neilson – fiddle and vocals; Silas Child – double bass; Cammie Henderson – fiddle; John Langan – lead vocals and percussion; Jed Milroy – lead vocals, guitar, clarinet, harmonica and clawhammer banjo; Ewan Macintyre – lead vocals, harmonica, guitar and percussion; Jenny Hill – double bass; Marty Camino – double bass; Adam Bulley – mandolin; Carrie Thomas – fiddle; Alex Hunter – double bass; Dirk Ronneburg - Fiddle; Danny Hart - Mandolin: Richard Kass - percussion

Southern Tenant Folk Union is a critically acclaimed[1][3][4]Scottish[4] folk group[4] based in Edinburgh.[1] The group combines English and Celtic folk sounds with American bluegrass music.[3]

The band was formed by five-string banjo player Pat McGarvey, who was born in Belfast. It takes its name from the multi-racial union of sharecroppers and non-landowning tenant farmers that was founded in Arkansas in the 1930s.[5]

The band performed on BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show on 15 September 2013.[6]

Discography

Album Release date Label
Southern Tenant Folk Union 24 January 2007 Ugly Nephew Records
Revivals, Rituals & Union Songs 7 March 2008[5] Ugly Nephew Records (UNR011)
The New Farming Scene June 2010 Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK011)
Pencaitland 19 July 2011 Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK013)
Hello Cold Goodbye Sun January 2013[2] Johnny Rock Records
The Chuck Norris Project January 2015 Johnny Rock Records
EP Release date Label
Men in Robes 28 October 2012 Johnny Rock Records

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dunnett, Ninian (2013). "Southern Tenant Folk Union Hello Cold Goodbye Sun Review". Music. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "United in folk music". The Southern Reporter. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Costa, Maddy (16 June 2011). "Southern Tenant Folk Union: Pencaitland – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Gill, Andy (5 January 2013). "Album review: Southern Tenant Folk Union, Hello Cold Goodbye Sun (Johnny Rock)". The Independent. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Revivals, Ritual & Union Songs". Songs and Whispers. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Southern Tenant Folk Union on The Andrew Marr Show". BBC News Entertainment and Arts. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2014.

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