# The Memory Band > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Memory_Band > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Memory_Band.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Memory_Band > Source revision: 1348054029 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Supersonic_Festival_(Birmingham)), 2009 | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | years_active = 2003–present | origin = [England](/source/England) | genre = [Folk rock](/source/Folk_rock) | label = Hungry Hill/Spinney
[Peacefrog Records](/source/Peacefrog_Records)
[Static Caravan Recordings](/source/Static_Caravan_Recordings) | current_members = Stephen Cracknell
Hannah Caughlin
Jess Roberts
Tom Page
Nancy Wallace
Jennymay Logan
Rob Spriggs
Simon Lord
Rhys Morgan
Paul McGee
[Adem Ilhan](/source/Adem_Ilhan)
[Al Doyle](/source/Al_Doyle)
Emma McFarlane }} '''The Memory Band''' is an English folk group founded by Stephen Cracknell.{{AllMusic|id=the-memory-band-mn0000720077#biography|title=The Memory Band biography|access-date=10 April 2026}} 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,{{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}} Adem, Simon Lord from Simian and Black Ghosts, Nancy Wallace and Lisa Knapp. Their third album, ''Oh My Days'',{{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}} was released in 2011 and featured contributions from young soul singer [Liam Bailey](/source/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](/source/Paul_Giovanni)'s score from the 1973 film, ''[The Wicker Man](/source/The_Wicker_Man_(1973_film))''. ==Discography== ===Albums=== *''The Memory Band'' (2004) *''Apron Strings'' ([Peacefrog Records](/source/Peacefrog_Records), 2006){{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9886-apron-strings/|work=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|title=The Memory Band: Apron Strings|first=Stephen M.|last=Deusner|date=19 February 2007|access-date=10 April 2026}} *''Oh My Days'' (2011){{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/15921/reviews/4141872|work=[Drowned in Sound](/source/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}} *''On The Chalk (Our Navigation Of The Line Of The Downs)'' (2013){{cite web|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/news/the-memory-band/|work=[Crack](/source/Crack_(magazine))|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}}{{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](/source/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}} *''A Fair Field'' (2016){{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](/source/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}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/24/the-memory-band-a-fair-field-review-stephen-cracknell|work=[The Guardian](/source/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}}{{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}} *''Colours'' (2021){{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}} *''Never the Same Way Twice'' (2024){{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}} ===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] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Memory Band, The}} Category:English folk musical groups Category:English folk rock groups Category:Peacefrog Records artists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Memory Band](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Memory_Band) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Memory_Band?action=history)). 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