Southern Tenant Folk Union

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Southern Tenant Folk Union
Origin Edinburgh, Scotland, UK [1]
GenresAcoustic folk [2] Bluegrass
Years active2006–present [3]
LabelsJohnny Rock Records; [3] Ugly Nephew Records
MembersSouthern Tenant Folk Union - Rory Butler – guitar and lead vocals; Steve Fivey – percussion; Katherine Stewart – fiddle and vocals; Pat McGarvey – banjo and vocals - The Southern Tenant - Pat McGarvey - synths, programming, guitar, bass and vocals; Steve Ironside - synths, programming and drum machines
Past membersOliver 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; Craig Macfadyen – double bass; Chris Purcell – guitar and lead vocals; Doug Kemp – double bass;
Website www.southerntenantfolkunion.com

Southern Tenant Folk Union is a Scottish folk group based in Edinburgh. [1] [3] [4] The group combines English and Celtic folk sounds with American bluegrass music. [3] [5]

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The band was formed by five-string banjo player Pat McGarvey, who was born in Belfast.

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

There is additionally an electronic version of the band led by Pat McGarvey called The Southern Tenant making synth and soundtrack related music that have released two albums to date, and have a third coming out on 30/9/2022 called Halloween Hits Vol. 1

Discography

AlbumRelease dateLabel
Southern Tenant Folk Union24 January 2007Ugly Nephew Records (UNR004)
Revivals, Rituals & Union Songs7 March 2008 [5] Ugly Nephew Records (UNR011)
The New Farming SceneJune 2010Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK011)
Pencaitland19 July 2011Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK013)
Hello Cold Goodbye SunJanuary 2013 [2] Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK 017)
The Chuck Norris ProjectJanuary 2015Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK 019/020)
Join ForcesSeptember 2016Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK 023)
The Horror of The Right by 'The Southern Tenant'June 2017Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK 026)
The Sleeper Awakens by 'The Southern Tenant'November 2017Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK 027)
Halloween Hits Vol. 1: Enter The Horror Disco by 'The Southern Tenant'September 2022Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK 029)


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EPRelease dateLabel
Men in Robes28 October 2012Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK 016)
SingleRelease dateLabel
"Cocaine"2007Ugly Nephew Records (UNR006)

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References

  1. 1 2 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. Gill, Andy (5 January 2013). "Album review: Southern Tenant Folk Union, Hello Cold Goodbye Sun (Johnny Rock)" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Revivals, Ritual & Union Songs". Songs and Whispers. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  6. "Southern Tenant Folk Union on The Andrew Marr Show". BBC News . 15 September 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2019.