Acoustic Ladyland

Acoustic Ladyland at Taylor Johns House, Coventry
Background information
Origin London
Genres Jazz fusion
Punk jazz
Years active 2001 - 2010
Labels Babel Label
V2 Records
Associated acts F-IRE Collective
Polar Bear
Fulborn Teversham
The Invisible
Website Official site
Members
Pete Wareham
Seb Rochford
Chris Sharkey
Ruth Goller
Past members
Tom Herbert
Tom Cawley

Acoustic Ladyland are a London based jazz/punk band consisting of Pete Wareham on vocals, tenor and baritone saxophone, Seb Rochford on drums, Chris Sharkey on Guitar and Ruth Goller on bass guitar.

Tom Herbert of The Invisible played bass on their first three albums. They are part of the F-IRE Collective.

Contents

[edit] Early history

Acoustic Ladyland formed in 2001 and released their first album Camouflage, an acoustic album inspired by Jimi Hendrix songs, in 2004.[1] Their second album, Last Chance Disco, an electric set of self-penned compositions, was released in 2005,[1] and was the Jazzwise album of the year.[2]

[edit] Awards

Acoustic Ladyland were winners of the BBC Jazz Award for Best Band 2005.[3] Their third album Skinny Grin was released on V2 Records in November 2006.[4]


[edit] Finale

On 13 September 2010 Pete Wareham announced that the band “as we know it will be no more” after a series of farewell gigs in December 2010.[5] The band were chosen by Portishead to perform their last ever show at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival that they curated in July 2011 at London's Alexandra Palace.[6] Before beginning their performance, Wareham announced that after the farewell gig the band would be known as Silver Birch.

[edit] Discography

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Sinclair, David (2005-11-15). "Acoustic Ladyland". London: The Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article590110.ece. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
  2. ^ "Albums of the year 2005". Jazzwise. 2005-11-29. Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20080103070111/http://www.jazzwise.com/news/item/403. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
  3. ^ "Fifth annual BBC Radio Jazz Awards – the winners" (Press release). BBC. 2005-07-04. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/07_july/04/jazz.shtml. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
  4. ^ Walters, John L (2006-12-01). "Acoustic Ladyland, Skinny Grin". London: The Guardian. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1960990,00.html. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
  5. ^ "Jazz breaking news: Acoustic Ladyland Go Out With A Bang At The Vortex" (Press release). jazzwisemagazine.com. 2010-09-13. http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/component/content/article/67-2010/11589-jazz-breaking-news-acoustic-ladyland-go-out-with-a-bang-at-the-vortex. Retrieved 2010-09-17. 
  6. ^ ATP: I'll Be Your Mirror London

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