Acoustic Ladyland

Infobox musical artist
Name = Acoustic Ladyland


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = London
Years_active = 2004 - present
Genre = Jazz fusion
Punk jazz
Label = Babel Label
V2 Records
Associated_acts = F-IRE Collective
Polar Bear
Fulborn Teversham [http://www.myspace.com/theinvisiblethree The Invisible]
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URL = [http://www.acousticladyland.com Official site]
Current_members = Pete Wareham Seb Rochford
Tom Cawley
Ruth Goller
Past_members = Tom Herbert
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Acoustic Ladyland are a London based jazz/punk band consisting of Pete Wareham on vocals, tenor and baritone saxophone, Seb Rochford on drums, Tom Cawley on piano and Ruth Goller on bass guitar.

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

Early history

Acoustic Ladyland formed in 2001 and released their first album "Camouflage", an acoustic album inspired by Jimi Hendrix songs, in 2004.cite news|title=Acoustic Ladyland |publisher=The Times |date=2005-11-15 |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article590110.ece |accessdate=2008-04-06] Their second album, Last Chance Disco, an electric set of self-penned compositions, was released in 2005, and was the Jazzwise album of the year. [cite web| title= Albums of the year 2005|publisher=Jazzwise |date=2005-11-29 | url=http://www.jazzwise.com/news/item/403 |accessdate=2008-04-06]

Awards

Acoustic Ladyland were winners of the BBC Jazz Award for Best Band 2005. [cite press release | title = Fifth annual BBC Radio Jazz Awards – the winners | publisher = BBC | date = 2005-07-04 | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/07_july/04/jazz.shtml| accessdate =2008-04-06 ] Their third album Skinny Grin was released on V2 Records in November 2006. [cite news|title=Acoustic Ladyland, Skinny Grin|publisher=The Guardian |date=2006-12-01 |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1960990,00.html |accessdate=2008-04-06]

The Mercury Prize-nominated Polar Bear is led by Seb Rochford, and features fellow Acoustic Ladyland members Pete Wareham and Tom Herbert. Seb Rochford also leads Fulborn Teversham, featuring Pete Wareham and Skinny Grin guest vocalist Alice Grant.

Discography

*citation|title=Camouflage|publisher=Babel|id=BDV2449 |year=2004
*citation|title=Last Chance Disco|publisher=Babel|id=BDV2555 |year=2005
*citation|title=Skinny Grin|publisher=V2|id=VVR1043688 |year=2006

References

External links

* [http://www.acousticladyland.com/ acousticladyland.com] - The official Acoustic Ladyland site.
* [http://www.myspace.com/acousticladylandmusic myspace.com/acousticladylandmusic] - The official Acoustic Ladyland myspace page.
* [http://babellabel.co.uk/ Babel Label] - Record label for first releases.