{{Short description|English folk music group}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Memory Band | image = Memory Band.jpg | caption = Performing at the Supersonic Festival, 2009 | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | years_active = 2003&ndash;present | origin = England | genre = Folk rock | label = Hungry Hill/Spinney<br />Peacefrog Records<br />Static Caravan Recordings | current_members = Stephen Cracknell<br />Hannah Caughlin<br />Jess Roberts <br />Tom Page<br />Nancy Wallace<br />Jennymay Logan<br />Rob Spriggs<br />Simon Lord<br />Rhys Morgan<br />Paul McGee<br />Adem Ilhan<br />Al Doyle<br />Emma McFarlane }}

'''The Memory Band''' is an English folk group founded by Stephen Cracknell.<ref>{{AllMusic|id=the-memory-band-mn0000720077#biography|title=The Memory Band biography|access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref> The Memory Band has a rolling cast of collaborators from across the musical spectrum. Their eponymous debut album was released on their own Hungry Hill label.

Former members of the band include Al Doyle,<ref name="cramer">{{cite web|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3172|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012215725/http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3172|archive-date=12 October 2006|website=dustedmagazine.com|title=Dusted Reviews {{!}} Artist: The Memory Band {{!}} Album: Apron Strings {{!}} Label: DiCristina|first=Michael|last=Cramer|date=6 October 2006}}</ref> Adem, Simon Lord from Simian and Black Ghosts, Nancy Wallace and Lisa Knapp.

Their third album, ''Oh My Days'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/the-memory-band-oh-my-days-45072|work=The Line of Best Fit|title=The Memory Band {{!}} "Oh My Days"|first=Andy|last=Johnson|date=7 February 2011|access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref> was released in 2011 and featured contributions from young soul singer Liam Bailey, Hannah Caughlin, Jess Roberts, folksinger Jenny McCormick, bass player Jon Thorne and drummer Tom Page.

The Memory Band also tour performing the music and songs from Paul Giovanni's score from the 1973 film, ''The Wicker Man''.

==Discography== ===Albums=== *''The Memory Band'' (2004) *''Apron Strings'' (Peacefrog Records, 2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9886-apron-strings/|work=Pitchfork|title=The Memory Band: Apron Strings|first=Stephen M.|last=Deusner|date=19 February 2007|access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref> *''Oh My Days'' (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/15921/reviews/4141872|work=Drowned in Sound|title=Album Review: The Memory Band - Oh My Days|first=Krystina|last=Nellis|date=31 January 2011|access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref> *''On The Chalk (Our Navigation Of The Line Of The Downs)'' (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/news/the-memory-band/|work=Crack|title=The Memory Band {{!}} On the Chalk (of Our Navigation of the Line of the Downs)|date=14 May 2013|access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://klofmag.com/2013/06/the-memory-band-on-the-chalk-our-navigation-of-the-line-of-the-downs-2/|work=KLOF Magazine|title=The Memory Band – On The Chalk (Our Navigation of the Line of the Downs)|first=Neil|last=McFadyen|date=11 June 2013|access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref> *''A Fair Field'' (2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/album-reviews/the-memory-band-a-fair-field-album-review-brave-beguiling-and-powerful-1.2912905|work=Irish Times|title=The Memory Band – A Fair Field album review: brave, beguiling and powerful|first=Jim|last=Carroll|date=5 January 2017|access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/24/the-memory-band-a-fair-field-review-stephen-cracknell|work=The Guardian|title=The Memory Band: A Fair Field review – brave and curious sonic kaleidoscope|first=Robin|last=Denselow|date=24 November 2016|issn=0261-3077|access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://klofmag.com/2017/01/memory-band-fair-field/|work=KLOF Magazine|title=The Memory Band: A Fair Field|first=Thomas|last=Blake|date=9 January 2017|access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref> *''Colours'' (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://klofmag.com/2021/12/the-memory-band-colours/|work=KLOF Magazine|title=The Memory Band: Colours|first=Thomas|last=Blake|date=6 December 2021|access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref> *''Never the Same Way Twice'' (2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://klofmag.com/2024/03/the-memory-band-never-the-same-way-twice/|work=KLOF Magazine|title=Recommended: The Memory Band – Never the Same Way Twice|first=Alex|last=Gallacher|date=26 March 2024|access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref>

===EPs=== *''Calling On'' (2003) *''Fanny Adams'' (2003)

===Singles=== *"Why"/"Come Write Me Down" (2006)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://outsideleft.com/main.php?updateID=723 review of "Apron Strings" on outsideleft.com] * [http://www.mountain7.co.uk/index.php?/archives/142-The-Memory-Band.html Interview with Stephen Cracknell July 07 at Mountain*7]

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