Steamchicken

Steamchicken are a cèilidh-swing and jazz roots band, based in Warwickshire, England, and formed in 1993 by Bill Pound, Andrew Sharpe and Ted Crum. They have been described as "a band with attitude" and as musically mixing together "folk and Cabaret era swing jazz with panache and style". Their 2017 CD release Look [Both Ways (album)|Look Both Ways], 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".

Band members

Amy Kakoura – vocals
Andrew Sharpe – piano
Becky Eden-Green – alto saxophone, clarinet, bass
Joe Crum – percussion
Tim Yates – bass
Mandy Sutton – tenor saxophone
Matt Crum – soprano saxophone, melodeon, 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], Birmingham in 2014.
Founding band member Ted Crum, who performed on harmonica, bass and melodeon, died in April 2020.

Discography

Steamchicken

AlbumsLook Both Ways, Chicken Records, STEAM16/320 Years Calling All Chickens Wingin, SCCD01Never Mind the Dots
Singles'

"Gypsy"
"When I Get Low I Get High"
"Violet Lane"

Amy Kakoura

Albums

As guest vocalist on Richard Durrant's album A Quiet Word from the 13th Century, The Burning Deck
As guest vocalist on Richard Durrant's album Christmas Guitars, Longman Records Ltd

EPs

''Half an Inch of Snow''