# Steamchicken > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Steamchicken > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Steamchicken.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamchicken > Source revision: 1327589261 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English band}} {{EngvarB|date=May 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Steamchicken | image = Lbw300.jpg | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire), England, [UK](/source/UK) | genre = [cèilidh](/source/c%C3%A8ilidh)-swing and jazz roots | years_active = 1993–present | label = Chicken Records | website = {{official|http://www.steamchicken.co.uk/|Steamchicken}} | current_members = | past_members = Katy Oliver – trumpet (until 2018); Ted Crum (died 2020) }} '''Steamchicken''' are a [cèilidh](/source/c%C3%A8ilidh)-swing and jazz roots band, based in [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire), England, and formed in 1993 by Bill Pound, Andrew Sharpe and Ted Crum.{{Cite web |url=http://brightyoungfolk.com/records/20-years-steamchicken-1 |title=Steamchicken – 20 Years |last=Rawcliffe |first=Paul |year=2013 |publisher=Bright Young Folk |access-date=29 May 2017}} They have been described as "a band with attitude" and as musically mixing together "folk and Cabaret era swing jazz with panache and style".{{Cite magazine |last=Higgins |first=Marc |date=2017 |access-date= 30 May 2017|title=Steamchicken – Look Both Ways (Chicken Records) |url=http://www.northernskymag.com/reviews/cd-reviews/steamchicken-look-both-ways-chicken-records |magazine=Northern Sky}} Their 2017 CD release ''[Look Both Ways](/source/Look_Both_Ways_(album))'', in which they use a full brass section and a driving rhythm section, has been acknowledged as demonstrating their "knowledge of both folk and jazz, polishing traditional gems into sparkling arrangements, and adding successful original compositions to create an eminently hummable album".{{Cite web |url=http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2017/04/steamchicken-look-both-ways/ |title=Steamchicken – Look Both Ways |last=Buckley |first=Martha |date=18 April 2017 |publisher=[Folk Radio UK](/source/Folk_Radio_UK) |access-date=29 May 2017}} ==Band members== {{Infobox musical artist | name = Amy Kakoura | image = Amykakoura.jpg | caption = | image_size = 150px | alias = | birth_place = | instrument = vocal | origin = | genre = | years_active = | label = | website = {{official|https://www.amykakoura.com/|Amy Kakoura}} | current_members = | past_members = }} * Amy Kakoura – vocals{{Cite news |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure/features_lancashiretelegraph/15144454.Amy_Kakoura___s_happy_to_have_truly_found_her_voice_with_Steamchicken/ |title=Amy Kakoura's happy to have truly found her voice with Steamchicken |last=Anson |first=John |date=9 March 2017 |work=[Lancashire Telegraph](/source/Lancashire_Telegraph) |access-date=29 May 2017}} * Andrew Sharpe – piano * Becky Eden-Green – [alto saxophone](/source/alto_saxophone), clarinet, bass{{Cite news |url=http://www.downsmail.co.uk/news_sport/News/Dream_come_true_as_local_girl_takes_to_Maidstone_stage |title=Dream come true as local girl takes to Maidstone stage |date=8 February 2018 |work=Downs Mail |access-date=12 February 2018}} * Joe Crum – percussion * Tim Yates – bass * Mandy Sutton – [tenor saxophone](/source/tenor_saxophone) * Matt Crum – [soprano saxophone](/source/soprano_saxophone), [melodeon](/source/melodeon_(accordion)), synthesiser Amy Kakoura also performs as a solo artist and as a duo with Andrew Sharpe. They have also written a musical together. ''Songs From a Ledge'', in which Amy Kakoura played and sang one of the roles and Andrew Sharpe and Becky Eden-Green provided musical accompaniment, was performed in a production directed by Lana McIver at the [Old Joint Stock Theatre](/source/Old_Joint_Stock_Theatre), [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham%2C_England) in 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://musicaltheatrereview.com/songs-ledge-old-joint-stock-theatre-birmingham/ |last=Whys |first=Glen |date=19 November 2014 |title=Songs From a Ledge – Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham|website=Musical Theatre Review |access-date=30 May 2017}} Founding band member Ted Crum, who performed on harmonica, bass and melodeon, died in April 2020. ==Discography== ===Steamchicken=== '''Albums''' * ''[Look Both Ways](/source/Look_Both_Ways_(album))'' (10 February 2017), Chicken Records, STEAM16/3{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.livingtradition.co.uk/webrevs/steam163.htm |title=Steamchicken – Look Both Ways |last=Beeby |first=Dave|magazine=The Living Tradition |issue=118 |publication-date=2017 |access-date=29 May 2017}}{{Cite web |url=https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/records/steamchicken.html |publisher= Mainly Norfolk – English Folk and Other Good Music|title=Steamchicken – Look Both Ways|last=Zierke |first=Reinhard |publication-date=8 March 2017 |access-date=29 May 2017}} * ''20 Years'' (27 July 2013) * ''Calling All Chickens'' (2009) * ''Wingin''' (2006),{{Cite magazine |last=Harragan |first=Bob |url=http://www.livingtradition.co.uk/webrevs/sccd01.htm |title= Wingin'|magazine=The Living Tradition |issue=68 |publication-date=2006 |access-date=29 May 2017}} SCCD01 * ''Never Mind the Dots'' (1999){{Cite web |url=https://www.webfeet.org/eceilidh/bands/steamchicken.html |title= Steamchicken |website=www.webfeet.org |access-date=26 January 2021}} '''Singles''' *"Gypsy" (9 December 2016) *"When I Get Low I Get High" (5 November 2016) *"Violet Lane" (13 July 2018) ===Amy Kakoura=== '''Albums''' * As guest vocalist on [Richard Durrant](/source/Richard_Durrant)'s album ''A Quiet Word from the 13th Century'' (November 2015), The Burning Deck (TheBurningDeck001) * As guest vocalist on Richard Durrant's album ''Christmas Guitars'' (21 October 2013), Longman Records Ltd (LONGMAN062CD) '''EPs''' * ''Half an Inch of Snow'' (December 2016) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.steamchicken.co.uk/ Official website] * [https://www.amykakoura.com/ Amy Kakoura's website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Steamchicken}} Category:1993 establishments in England Category:Musical groups established in 1993 Category:Music in Warwickshire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Steamchicken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamchicken) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamchicken?action=history)). 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