Southern Tenant Folk Union Play Kings Place London

Formed by Belfast born five-string banjo player Pat McGarvey in 2006 and taking their name from the groundbreaking multi-racial union of sharecroppers and non-landowning tenant farmers founded in Arkansas in the 1930’s (the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union), the Edinburgh-based Southern Tenant Folk Union are now one of the most highly rated folk and bluegrass outfits in the UK today.

Their 6th album ‘The Chuck Norris Project’ is to be launched in January 2015 with shows at Scottish Storytelling Centre Edinburgh, and Celtic Connections Glasgow.

STFU are: Adam Bulley, Rory Butler, Steve Fivey, Chris Purcell, Craig
Macfadyen, Pat McGarvey and Katherine Stewart
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