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.^[1] They have been described as "a band with attitude"^[2] and as musically mixing together "folk and Cabaret era swing jazz with panache and style".^[3] Their 2017 CD release Look Both Ways, in which they use a full brass section and a driving rhythm section,^[4] 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".^[2]

Steamchicken
Background information
Origin	Warwickshire, England, UK
Genres	cèilidh-swing and jazz roots
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Chicken Records
Past members	Katy Oliver – trumpet (until 2018); Ted Crum (died 2020)
Website	Steamchicken

Band members

Amy Kakoura
Background information
Instrument	vocal
Website	Amy Kakoura

• Amy Kakoura – vocals^[5]
• Andrew Sharpe – piano
• Becky Eden-Green – alto saxophone, clarinet, bass^[6]
• 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.^[7]

Founding band member Ted Crum, who performed on harmonica, bass and melodeon, died in April 2020.

Discography

Steamchicken

Albums

• Look Both Ways (10 February 2017), Chicken Records, STEAM16/3^[4][8]
• 20 Years (27 July 2013)^[1]
• Calling All Chickens (2009)
• Wingin' (2006),^[9][10] SCCD01
• Never Mind the Dots (1999)^[9]

Singles

• "Gypsy" (9 December 2016)
• "When I Get Low I Get High" (5 November 2016)
• "Violet Lane" (13 July 2018)

Amy Kakoura

Albums

• As guest vocalist on Richard Durrant's album A Quiet Word from the 13th Century (November 2015), The Burning Deck (TheBurningDeck001)
• As guest vocalist on Richard Durrant's album Christmas Guitars (21 October 2013), Longman Records Ltd (LONGMAN062CD)

EPs

• Half an Inch of Snow (December 2016)