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"one of the coolest bands around" NME
"capably captures the joy of collaboration" Pitchfork
"a great modern, folk inspired record" Word magazine
"can't help but evoke distant church spires" Mojo
"a bewitching and brilliant record" DJ
"brims with sinuous, fiddle-driven audacity" Chicago Tribune
The Memory Band folk supergroup was born at the turn of the century and draws upon the disparate talents of a network of musicians all of whom share a predilection for music of an acoustic bent and songs about love and dancing. With rhythms, strings and singing in both harmony and unison.

The first album was released on Hungry Hill in 2004, which is run in conjunction with Spinney Records. Our second album Apron Strings was released on Peacefrog Records in the UK and Dicristina Stairbuilders in North America.Our latest release is a cover version of the Lal Waterson song "To Make You Stay" which appears on the Migrating Bird collection on Honest JonsPrevious Releases:SINGLES/EPs:Why/Come Write Me DownCalling On Fanny Adams ALBUMS:The Memory Band also available on iTunesApron Stringsall available at Rough Trade

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Member Since: 2/2/2006
Band Website: thememoryband.com
Band Members: Past & Present:Stephen Cracknell, Nancy Wallace, Jennymay Logan, Rob Spriggs, Howard Monk, Simon Lord, Steven Collins, Hannah Caughlin, Lisa Knapp, Paul McGee, Adem Ilhan, Emma Macfarlane, Polly Paulusma, Rhys Morgan, Al Doyle. Alexis Taylor
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Record Label: Hungry Hill
Type of Label: Indie

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News from Hungry Hill

We have been beavering away here on the hill with various different projects and the first of those is now let loose upon the world.I have been moonlighting from The Memory Band and the result of that...
Posted by The Memory Band on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:30:00 PST

the next album

It's all go here at Hungry Hill this month as we finish up the recording of our next long player. After spending quite a bit of time on a new project I'm involved with called The Accidental (see our t...
Posted by The Memory Band on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:55:00 PST

The Times

There's a rather lovely article in The Times today about strings in new music:http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_en tertainment/music/article2229501.ece
Posted by The Memory Band on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:06:00 PST

it's a funny old life

Being a musician has its ups and downs, but one of the best things about it is the things that can happen by surprise. Last year I ended up going to Estonia to perform with Emiliana Torrini on twenty ...
Posted by The Memory Band on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:46:00 PST

Glastonbury

We have a spot scheduled in the Guardian tent at half past four on Friday afternoon. It's listed as a Memory Band gig but in fact will be something quite different. Because of other commitments most o...
Posted by The Memory Band on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:34:00 PST

Apron Strings

Our second album Apron Strings is now on general release. In their review the NME said "their understated brilliance makes them one of the coolest bands around" which can't be bad.The tracklisting is...
Posted by The Memory Band on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:06:00 PST

New single

Our first release on Peacefrog is unleashed upon the World on 25th September. It's a double A side of Nancy's version of "Why" and "Come Write Me Down" which borrows a few lyrics from a traditional tu...
Posted by The Memory Band on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:05:00 PST

The Memory Band vs The Wicker Man

A few years ago I was invited by Phillip at The Halloween Society to do a remixed soundtrack for the Wicker Man film at The ICA. Rather than just chuck out all the original music I decided to perform ...
Posted by The Memory Band on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:41:00 PST