Orchestra or Band | Southern Tenant Folk Union (Pat McGarvey - leader) |
Performance Notes | 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 1930s, 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 and Clark. |
Related Archival Material | Handbill (RAHE/6/2009/2B) |