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 Southern Tenant Folk Union's Profile |
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Gleefully uplifting bluegrass melancholy |
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| Location: | London, |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | Apr 22, 2008 (593 days back) |
About Me |
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Southern Tenant Folk Union - Band Biography Formed by Belfast born five-string banjo player Pat McGarvey and taking their name from the ground breaking multi-racial union of sharecroppers and non-landowning tenant farmers founded in Arkansas in the 1930’s, the Southern Tenant Folk Union are an explosive new London based folk and bluegrass outfit. Writing and performing their own unique brand of Old-Time, Bluegrass, Gospel and Celtic Folk, Southern Tenant Folk Union appropriate the themes, ideas and metaphors from traditional folk songs and 20th century Americana music to document and reflect modern life through styles popularised by musicians such as The Carter Family, The Stanley Brothers and even Dillard & Clark. Pat McGarvey served his musical apprenticeship touring the world and recording a number of albums with UK/US Americana band The Coal Porters. That grounding plus countless other collaborations with key Americana acts including Peter Case, The Arlenes, Tandy, Amy Rigby, Ian Dunlop (of Gram Parsons’ International Submarine Band), Rosie Flores, Jason McNiff & Bob Neuwirth gave him the real experience needed to fuse together the band’s American folk sound and British roots with his own Celtic heritage. Keen to find a more personal outlet for his writing, in early 2006, McGarvey gathered a collective of like minded musicians that share his love of traditional music, but each with their own individual take on such tradition; Oliver Talkes (guitar), who’s unique, soulful voice is at the heart of the STFU sound. Pete Gow (guitar), from the Alt. Country band Case Hardin who has performed with the likes of Chris Mills, Stacey Earle and Caitlin Cary. Frances Vaux (Fiddle) with her background in jazz and Irish Folk and anchored by stalwarts of the London folk scene Eamonn Flynn (mandolin) and Matt Lloyd (upright bass). Once up and running the Southern Tenant Folk Union released their debut album of original material in January 2007 to acclaim, positive reviews and national radio play. The rest of the year saw them playing festivals, arts centres and clubs around the UK and Ireland and they’ve now finished recording the follow-up ‘Revivals, Rituals & Union Songs’ (UNR011) which is be released on March 3rd 2008. A step forward for them with its strong confident tone, soulful sound and the darkly reflective yet heart-warming nature of the eleven brand new songs presented. www.myspace.com/southerntenantfolkunion www.southerntenantfolkunion.com |
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Music:Member Since: 4/1/2006Band Website: southerntenantfolkunion.com Band Members: Oliver Talkes - Vocals/Guitar Pete Gow - Vocals/Guitar Frances Vaux - Vocals/Fiddle Matt Lloyd - Vocals/Double Bass Eamonn Flynn - Vocals/Mandolin Pat McGarvey - Vocals/Banjo Influences: The Stanley Brothers, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, Carter Family, Don Reno, The Long Ryders, Flatt & Scruggs, Townes Van Zandt, Buck Owens, Tandy, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, The Louvin Brothers, The Country Gentlemen, The Good Ol Boys, The Grateful Dead, Wicker Man Soundtrack, The Coal Porters, Bill Monroe, Red Allen, Dock Boggs, Gene Clark, Belle & Sebastian, Roscoe Holcomb Record Label: Ugly Nephew Records/Forte Music Distribution Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Bluegrass / Country / Folk) |
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Second Album Finished |
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| We finished mixing our second album last friday...is sounding great (I know, I know...) & after mastering it tomorrow we'll be getting the art done and pressing them up in December sometime...
Rel... Posted by Southern Tenant Folk Union on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:00:00 PST |
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New Single - Cocaine...Out September 30th |
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| We've got a new track posted up here to listen to, Cocaine...
It's going to be our next single which will come out September 30th on 7" vinyl and digital download.... Posted by Southern Tenant Folk Union on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:57:00 PST |
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We're in the country charts.... |
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| We seem to be doing quite well on the music.download.com country section, we have the 5th most popular country song this week.http://music.download.com/2001-7981_32-0.html?tag=MDL_n
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plus we you ... Posted by Southern Tenant Folk Union on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:51:00 PST |
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Live review of STFU in Brighton |
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| See a live review of our recent Brighton show here at the excellent Americana-Uk website...
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ame=PagEd&file=index&topic_id=21&pag... Posted by Southern Tenant Folk Union on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:45:00 PST |
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Album Release |
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| Good news...the debut album (yet to be titled...ideas?) is coming out on
Ugly Nephew Records, hopefully in November...
We're currently putting the finishing touches to it now...sounding good too...
S... Posted by Southern Tenant Folk Union on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:38:00 PST |
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Band Name |
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| Having taken ages to think of a band name and now arrived on one am well aware of (and pleased by) what the initials accidentally stand for...
The name of the band is actually a reference to the ... Posted by Southern Tenant Folk Union on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:01:00 PST |
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Blueflint, Not The Same Old Blues Crap, Case Hardin, Ugly Nephew Records, Health & Happiness, Festival ROTR Crossroads Sessions, TigerTours, The Redlands Palomino Co., Norwich Arts Centre, indigo Moss, Dave Morgan, Leon Hunt, Sick and Indigent Song Club, Oliver Talkes, Going North from Nashville, The Coal Porters, Johnny Clash, Dana, Andy Wash, The Zetland Players, Nadeen White, bunny panda!, Lady J, Ashli, Hank 3 Fan Page Midwest Chapter, Adam Beattie and the Consultants, 'Tripping In The Country', two dollar bash, The Hi And Lo, Cross Timbers, The Wildeflowers, Recording Live Bands, The Gilded Palace of Sin, The Flying Spider Revival, The Official Shannon Mock Street Team, Foghorn Leghorn, Urban Monroes, Tim73, WOODENWIRE, paul, Lois, Britney, Hannah, Smoke Feathers (Shortlisted for 2008 INDY Awards), ELVIS SHAKESPEARE - MUSIC and BOOKS, East Bank Radio, John Miller and his Country Casuals, Ruth, The Medicine Show, jason, Dana Immanuel, Hee Haw Sessions, JOHNNY DRAPES, Kate, Red Eyed & Blue, MikeHolowaySolo, TwickFolk @ The Cabbage Patch, Rootscd.com, Weller, Al Christie, GOING NORTH PRODUCTIONS, steam, Buckshot Soup, Steve Roberts & Zen Bank Of England, Glen Urquhart Public Hall
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