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The Black Feathers are a husband and wife roots music duo based in Gloucestershire, UK who play a blend of Folk and Americana.〔''R2 (Rock'n'Reel)'', May/June 2014, p.118〕 Their debut EP (Strangers We Meet, 2014) was listed in The Telegraph as one of the best Folk albums of 2014.〔Chilton, Martin. ("The best folk music albums of 2014" ), The Telegraph, retrieved 2014-09-10〕 Their sound has been likened to that of The Civil Wars, and Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings.〔("The Black Feathers - Tower of Song, Birmingham Wednesday 19th February 2014" ), Three Chords and the Truth, retrieved 2014-09-10〕 〔Davy, John. ("The Black Feathers: Strangers We Meet (February 23 2014)" ), Flying Shoes, retrieved 2014-09-10〕 They are sponsored by Walden Guitars.〔("The Black Feathers" ), Walden Guitars, retrieved 2015-04-03]〕 == History == Sian Chandler was born in Cirencester, while Ray Hughes is a native of Dublin.〔Sexton, Paul. "''The Sunday Times'' Culture", May 4, 2014, p.33〕 They met in 2004 and played in a five piece Folk rock band called ‘Just To Annoy Ray’. When the band folded in 2008 they began playing together as a duo playing covers. In 2012 they started writing their own songs and formed as The Black Feathers. 〔("Hear the wandering river, hear the birds overhead, The Black Feathers (January 22, 2013)" ), Popa's Tunes, retrieved 2014-09-10〕 〔Hawes, John. ("Dirty Dozen: The Black Feathers (February 17, 2014)" ), Americana UK, retrieved 2015-03-09〕 〔("The Black Feathers at The Convent (August 27 2014)" ), SoGlos, retrieved 2014-09-10〕 In 2013 The Black Feathers won two awards, the Folkstock award for best live performance ,〔("Live Events Update, Love Folk LIVE (January 25, 2014)" ), Folkstock, retrieved 2015-03-09〕 and The Five Valleys Folk award which saw them play main support to Spiers and Boden. 〔("The Black Feathers at the Black Book (July 23, 2014 )" ), "''Stroud News and Journal'', retrieved 2014-09-10"〕 They have been interviewed by Bob Harris on the "Under The Apple Tree Sessions" 〔("The Black Feathers cover Lady Gaga" ), WBBC, retrieved 2014-09-10〕 and were featured in two documentaries on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 2 Country, as well as being interviewed in The Sunday Times. 〔 〔("Nashville UK (March 20 2014)" ), BBC iPlayer, retrieved 2014-09-10〕 〔("Paul Sexton - Country UK (March 7 2015)" ), BBC iPlayer, retrieved 2015-04-03〕 Their music video for their single 'Strangers We Meet' was premiered on American television network Zuus Country〔("Americana Music Video Playlist|The Black Feathers|Strangers We Meet|ZUUS" ), ZUUS, retrieved 2015-04-03〕 In addition, they have performed on WDVX’s Blue Plate Special in Knoxville, Tennessee 〔 ("Blue Plate Special 1416" ), PRX, retrieved 2015-04-11〕 and they have appeared in Grace & Tony’s green room sessions, recorded in Saint Joseph, Tennessee, and world premiered by TheBoot.com.〔("Grace & Tony Greenroom Sessions: ‘Open Book’ (Feat. Black Feathers) (August 15, 2014)" ), The Boot, retrieved 2014-09-10〕 〔("Grace & Tony Debut Video for 'The Chameleon' on ZUUS Country (May 5, 2014)" ), Zuus Country, retrieved 2014-09-10〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Black Feathers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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