Blackbeard's Tea Party

Blackbeard's Tea Party
Blackbeard's Tea Party at Ely Festival 2021 (Yom, Stuart, Dave, Laura, Benjamin, Paddy)
Blackbeard's Tea Party at Ely Festival 2021
(Yom, Stuart, Dave, Laura, Benjamin, Paddy)
Background information
OriginYork, UK
GenresBritish folk rock, tech folk
Years active2009–present
LabelsBigD Promotions, Proper Music Distribution
Members
  • Laura Boston-Barber
  • Dave Boston
  • Stuart Giddens
  • Paddy Lester-Rourke
  • Benjamin Trott
Past members
  • Paul Young
  • Martin Coumbe
  • Tim Yates
  • Liam 'Yom' Hardy
Websitewww.blackbeardsteaparty.com Edit this at Wikidata

Blackbeard's Tea Party are a contemporary folk rock band based in York, England. The five-piece band plays a mix of traditional folk songs as well as covers of more recent songs from the folk genre. They are also known for their instrumental arrangements of traditional and modern folk tunes, as well as self-penned material. Blackbeard's Tea Party function as both a concert and ceilidh band and have become well known on the English festival circuit, having performed at mainstream festivals including the Glastonbury Festival, Larmer Tree Festival & Bingley Music Live,[1] as well as folk festivals such as Fairport's Cropredy Convention, Towersey Festival and the Cambridge, Bromyard, Shrewsbury & Sidmouth folk festivals.[2]

  1. ^ Crow, Roger (17 June 2017). "Blackbeard's Tea Party: THE Band to See at Glastonbury". Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Blackbeard's Tea Party". R2 Magazine. 2 (33): 32. May–June 2012.