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Grand Union

About Me

Get the new album Through the Green Fuse

The band have recorded live radio sessions for XFM, BBC London, and LBC. 'Morning Brings The Light' has had regular spins with Norman Jay, Gilles Peterson, Robert Elms, Sean Rowley and on XFM. Gilles Peterson included wonderful world on his Brownswood bubblers compilation.
The album received good reviews in Record Collector Uncut and Mojo, as well as national newspapers.

The band rereleased their album ' Through the Green Fuse ' on October 10th 09.
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Music:

Member Since: 02/05/2006
Band Website: http://grandunionmusic.blogspot.com/
Band Members:Kate Vahl : Voice.Caspar Sewell : Voice and Double Bass.Simon OGrady : Voice, Acoustic Guitar and Flute.Leigh Rose : Violin and Acoustic Guitar. Gerry Wood : Drums
Influences: Pentangle, Augustus Pablo, Johny Pate, Free Design, The Fifth Dimension, Sergio Mendez, Davey Graham, Bert Jansch, Cymande, Syd Barrett, Shirley Collins, Minnie Ripperton, Joan Baez, Pharoah Sanders, The Byrds, Alice Coltrane, Donny Hathaway, The Edwin Hawkins singers, Wes Montgomery, The Golden Gate Quartet, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, The Wizards of Twiddly etc
Sounds Like: The Fifth Dimension hang out with Pentangle smoking jazz woodbines
Record Label: People Tree Records
Type of Label: Indie

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ALBUM - Through the Green Fuse

The Debut album Through the Green Fusefrom Grand Union. Out now on People Tree Records. Available from iTunes, amazon, HMV and othershttp://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ 026-3489591...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:07:00 GMT

REVIEWS

'a lovely blend of sixties and seventies folk rock and prog folk sounds, breezy and very sultry vocals blended with some rather fine flute sounds, double bass and lovely loose jazzy drumming, takes yo...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:08:00 GMT