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The Urban Folk Quartet (commonly known as ''The UFQ'' or simply ''UFQ'') are a four-piece contemporary folk band launched in June 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theufq.com/fr_about.cfm )〕 The band is composed of Joe Broughton (Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin), Paloma Trigas (Fiddle, Vocals), Tom Chapman (Cajón, Percussion, Vocals) and Dan Walsh (Banjo, Guitar, Vocals). To date, the band has released three studio albums and two live albums. ==History== Active since 2009, on their fourth outing as a band they won the Spanish International Folk Competition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dartington.org/arts/the-urban-folk-quartet )〕 In 2010, they played at Sidmouth Folk Festival Fringe, The Big Chill Festival and Moseley Folk Festival. Their self-titled debut album was released through Fellside Recordings in 2010 and they won The Hancock Award for Best Newcomer. In 2011, they appeared at Islands Folk Festival in Canada,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.folkfest.bc.ca/index.php?page=performers-for-2011 )〕 Sidmouth Folk Festival Fringe and Fairport's Cropredy Convention,.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fairportconvention.com/cropredy_line_up.php )〕 The band also released a live album, ''The Urban Folk Quartet: Live'', to coincide with their appearance at Fairport's Cropredy Convention. In March 2012, the band released their third album, "Off Beaten Tracks", recorded in the summer of 2011 between dates in Spain, Germany, Canada, Italy and The UK. May 2013 saw the recording of two appearances, in London and Birmingham, towards "UFQ Live II", their second live album, released November 8th 2013 at Kings Place in London. Frank Moon departed the band following their autumn 2013 tour, replaced by Dan Walsh on guitar, banjo and vocals. The band released studio album "The Escape" on May 1st 2015. The album was listed on Martin Chilton's "Best of Folk 2015" list compiled for The Telegraph. The UFQ played tracks from the album live in session on Mark Radcliffe's BBC Radio 2 Folk Show on June 24th 2015. "The Escape Tour" saw the band play dates across England as well as appearances in Wales, France, Belgium and Denmark throughout 2015. 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 Urban Folk Quartet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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