Southern Tenant Folk Union is a Scottish folk group based in Edinburgh. The group combines English and Celtic folk sounds with American bluegrass music.
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.
There is additionally an electronic version of the band led by Pat McGarvey called 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 Album Release date Label Southern Tenant Folk Union 24 January 2007 Ugly Nephew Records (UNR004)Revivals, Rituals & Union Songs7 March 2008 Ugly Nephew Records (UNR011) The New Farming Scene June 2010Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK011) Pencaitland 19 July 2011 Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK013) Hello Cold Goodbye SunJanuary 2013Johnny 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)
EP Release date Label Men in Robes 28 October 2012 Johnny Rock Records (JOROCK 016)
Single Release date Label "Cocaine" 2007 Ugly Nephew Records (UNR006)
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