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Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band

"Silver horse and golden saddle"

About Me

I write songs with roots in country and folk, filtered through a love of sunshine pop, gypsy music and psychedelia, about life, love, and british mammals.

So far this year I’ve toured Germany, and made a fantastic video, next to come is the 200 7" vinyl release of "The Saddle Song" on "Hand Of Glory" records.

Here's "Black Doe" live at Bucketfull Of Brains!

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I’d like some interesting gigs, and some festival dates, so if any of you are listening and like what you hear, drop me a line.

Up there are my deep-Norfolk ancestors in the Silver Jubilee band, whose name I have stolen in the hope they’ll haunt my music.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/3/2005
Band Website: maryepworth.com
Band Members:

Mary Epworth on Vocals, Oscar Schmidt OS45CE Electric Autoharp, Rhythm guitar, and wooden spoons.

Will Twynham on Bass/vox live, and almost everything else in the studio.

Horse on Guitar, Banjo and Vox.

Aster "la fantastica" Guinness, Vox, perc, keys and whistling.

Andy Zammit on Drums.

The Suessmilch horns join us whenever we're all in the same country.

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Influences: I love....vintage pop, folk, psych and country. van dyke parks, the beach boys, gene clark, the shangri-las, Dee Christopholus, Wimple Winch, american spring, bobbie gentry, dillard and clark, linda perhacs, judee sill, elyse, the seeds, julie london, emitt rhodes, the nazz, todd rundgren, romanyi rota, kalyi yag, vera bila and kale, hank williams, aphrodite's child, lesley gore, forest, shirley collins, dolly collins, the monkees, mike nesmith, devo, zz top, urge overkill, dennis wilson, gram parsons, will oldham, shudder to think, Michael J Sheehy, Saint Silas Intercession, pearls before swine, incredible string band, the left banke, adapter adapter, Alan Tyler and The Lost Sons Of littlefield, the nightcrawlers, brigitte bardot, serge gainsbourg, lee hazlewood, pilots of japan, tara busch, the free design, the grateful dead, taraif de hadouks, pilots of japan, the sweeney, making planets, emily barker, alan tyler, sumahama, lou christie, margo guryan, love, neil young, plush, sea and cake, sam prekop, archer prewitt, emily barker, forest, nick drake, the blossom toes, the byrds, moby grape, skip spence, tom waits, leonard cohen, vashti bunyan, patsy cline, devo, six finger satellite, sufjan stevens, mark eric, the penny arkade, maitreya kali, the pretty things
Sounds Like:

Mary Epworth & the Jubilee band - It's 1966, and Shirley Collins is fronting Moby Grape, dating Gene Clark and being produced by Joe Meek. Mary Epworth is down the front, taking notes, whilst the rest of the band try to turn a Banjo into a flux-capacitor.

"So exuberant in its ragged glory that you would be very hard-hearted indeed if you weren't moved to smile, to join its rutted rolling procession, its pilgrimage, its parade of smashing cymbals, shivering violins, clamorous voices and a horn section just roused from sleep, but game for the journey to Rome, to Damascus, Samarra, Mecca or simply the end of a cobbled London street.: : ":

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or just decide for yourself, a whole E.P. for free at last.fm.



Record Label: Hand Of Glory
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

O.B.S. 12, what a blast!

Hello friends! Well, just over a week ago today, we played our biggest gig to-date, at Glitterhouse record's fantastic "Orange Blossom Special", and what a gig it was!The band and I arrived on Saturda...
Posted by Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band on Mon, 19 May 2008 05:01:00 PST

Upcoming gigs, Germany and London...

Hello friends!Just a quick note to give you a heads up on our next 2 gigs.First off, (though admittedly a little awkward for most of you) is our Sunday slot at the fantastic Orange Blossom Special, at...
Posted by Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band on Wed, 07 May 2008 01:42:00 PST

Videos! And Thanks to all of you who came to our Bucketfull of Brains gig..

We had so much fun, and really enjoyed having such an appreciative audience!Here's a couple of great videos from my friend Plunket! Black Doe.. ..Online Videos by Veoh.com...and The Saddle So...
Posted by Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:27:00 PST

This Sunday, Camden, Me, Outdoor Types, & Instant Flight , all free for Bucketfull of Brains!

Bucketfull of Brains in association with Turning Worm presents:INSTANT FLIGHT + MARY EPWORTH & THE JUBILEE BAND + THE OUTDOOR TYPESAt The Worlds End, Camden TownSunday 20th April - 4.00 onwards, f...
Posted by Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:04:00 PST

Rolling stone Germany, and 10 albums!

Well, I am pleasantly surprised to see that Rolling Stone Germany have seen fit to include my top 10 album list, as well as my song list! have a look here!MARY EPWORTH Im hinteren Teil unseres Specia...
Posted by Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:57:00 PST

Rolling stone Germany, and 10 songs...

Hello friends! As a build up to the O.B.S. festival in Germany this may, I was asked to provide a list of 10 songs, and 10 albums, that I love, hate, recommend, or anything, to The German Rolling Ston...
Posted by Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:29:00 PST

A date for your diary...

April 28th, my first release, "The Saddle Song" comes out on Hand Of Glory!More news to come....
Posted by Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:09:00 PST

12 Bar gig, tomorrow March 12th!

Hello friends! Well, you would be forgiven for thinking that the band and I had dropped off the map this year, or had perhaps stayed in mainland Europe after January's jaunt. But you would be wrong! ...
Posted by Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:23:00 PST

Orange Blossom Special, Beverungen, May 11th!

I seem to be adding this blog with astonishing frequency these days, no doubt I'll soon balance it out with a long period of radio silence.Anyway, now that the flights are booked and they can't change...
Posted by Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:24:00 PST

All change, spring cleaning in the Jubilee band....

Hello friends!Well, what a crazy few months it has been! The Tours of Germany and Switzerland, as well as some of us playing gigs as sidemen/women for Michael J Sheehy & Gemma Ray, not to mention ...
Posted by Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:02:00 PST