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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