Steamchicken

Steamchicken
Background information
Origin Warwickshire, England, UK
Genres ceilidh-swing and jazz roots
Years active 1993–present
Labels Chicken Records
Website Steamchicken
Past members Katy Oliver – trumpet (until 2018)

Steamchicken are a ceilidh-swing and jazz roots band, based in Warwickshire, England, and formed in 1993 by Bill Pound, Andrew Sharpe and Ted Crum.[1] They have been described as "a band with attitude"[2] and as musically mixing together "folk and Cabaret era swing jazz with panache and style".[3] Their 2017 CD release Look Both Ways, in which they use a full brass section and a driving rhythm section,[4] has been acknowledged as demonstrating their "knowledge of both folk and jazz, polishing traditional gems into sparkling arrangements, and adding successful original compositions to create an eminently hummable album".[2]

Band members

Amy Kakoura
Background information
Instruments vocal
Associated acts Andrew Sharpe, Steamchicken; Richard Durrant
Website Amy Kakoura

Amy Kakoura also performs as a solo artist and as a duo with Andrew Sharpe. They have also written a musical together. Songs From a Ledge, in which Amy Kakoura played and sang one of the roles and Andrew Sharpe and Becky Eden-Green provided musical accompaniment, was performed in a production directed by Lana McIver at the Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham in 2014.[7]

Discography

Steamchicken

Albums

  • Look Both Ways (10 February 2017), Chicken Records, STEAM16/3[4][8]
  • 20 Years (27 July 2013)[1]
  • Calling All Chickens (2009)
  • Wingin' (2006),[9] SCCD01
  • Never Mind the Dots (1999)[10]

Singles

  • "Gypsy" (9 December 2016)
  • "When I Get Low I Get High" (5 November 2016)
  • "Violet Lane" (13 July 2018)

Amy Kakoura

Albums

  • As guest vocalist on Richard Durrant's album A Quiet Word from the 13th Century (November 2015), The Burning Deck (TheBurningDeck001)
  • As guest vocalist on Richard Durrant's album Christmas Guitars (21 October 2013), Longman Records Ltd (LONGMAN062CD)

EPs

  • Half an Inch of Snow (December 2016)

References

  1. 1 2 Rawcliffe, Paul (2013). "Steamchicken – 20 Years". Bright Young Folk. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 Buckley, Martha (18 April 2017). "Steamchicken – Look Both Ways". Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Higgins, Marc (2017). "Steamchicken – Look Both Ways (Chicken Records)". Northern Sky. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 Beeby, Dave (2017). "Steamchicken – Look Both Ways". The Living Tradition. No. 118. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Anson, John (9 March 2017). "Amy Kakoura's happy to have truly found her voice with Steamchicken". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Dream come true as local girl takes to Maidstone stage". Downs Mail. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Whys, Glen (19 November 2014). "Songs From a Ledge – Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham". Musical Theatre Review. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Zierke, Reinhard (8 March 2017). "Steamchicken – Look Both Ways". Mainly Norfolk – English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  9. ↑ Harragan, Bob (2006). "Wingin'". The Living Tradition. No. 68. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Great White Steamchicken". www.webfeet.org. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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