Floyds Row

Floyds Row is a folk collective that explores the connections between early, classical, folk, newgrass, and world music genres. WPFW Radio's David Rabin described the collective's eclectic programming as "a mix of Purcell and Bob Dylan played on various instruments, including an accordion and a viola da gamba. Kinda crazy, but it works."
Name
The band’s namesake refers to a street off St Aldate's, Oxford, running between the University of Oxford’s Faculty of Music and the Thames Valley Police station.
History
Floyds Row evolved from a series of concerts at the University of Oxford in 2012. These first collaborations--organized by Chris Ferebee, along with Alistair Anderson, Andrew Arceci, and several guest musicians--led to the ensemble producing their début recording, The Oxford Sessions. The Oxford Sessions was released in 2018 by Centaur Records, attracting international coverage.
Floyds Row continues to perform, tour, and record together. Recent venues include the American Folk Art Museum, Andover Community Coffeehouse (Andover, NH), Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, AS220, , Club Passim, Corner Store Arts (Washington, D.C.), Emmanuel Music-Late Night at Emmanuel, Gaithersburg Arts Barn (Gaithersburg, MD), King's Chapel, Live from Center Stage (Dennis Port, MA), Loring-Greenough House, New Deal Cafe, Park Avenue Congregational Church (Arlington, MA), Rockwood Music Hall, The Center for Arts in Natick, ValleyCAST (Whitinsville, MA), Winchendon Music Festival (2016, 2018), and other venues throughout the United States.
Radio credits include BBC Radio Shropshire-Genevieve Tudor's Sunday Folk, Deal Radio-The Folk Pilot, WEMF, WPFW, WPKN-Cliff Furnald, WRCJ-FM, WRUV, WXRV-Homegrown Music Showcase, and other media outlets.
The ensemble’s personnel varies according to each project’s repertoire, performed generally with a mix of accordion, autoharp, cittern, double bass, guitar, mandolin, percussion, viola da gamba, violin, and voice.
Band Members
* Alistair Anderson - concertina & Northumbrian smallpipes (2012-2013)
* Andrew Arceci - cittern, mandolin, guitar, viola da gamba, and bass (2012-present)
* Carrie Cheron - mezzo-soprano & guitar (2020-present)
* Joshua Copeland - baritone (2012-2013)
* Athena Corcoran-Tadd - violin (2012-2013)
* Chris Ferebee - cittern, mandolin, guitar, lyre, and gittern (2012-present)
* Justin Godoy - recorder (2015-2016)
* Anna Griffis - viola (2020-present)
* Jonathan Hess - percussion (2016-present)
* Michelle Humphreys - percussion (2017-present)
* Hannah James - soprano & accordion (2012-2013)
* Tal Katsir - soprano (2012-2013)
* Giorgos (George) Lernis - percussion (2015-present)
* George Lykogiannis - accordion & piano (2015-present)
* Julia McKenzie - violin (2020-present)
* Emily Noël - soprano, autoharp, and Appalachian dulcimer (2015-present)
* James Percival - harmonium (2012-2013)
* Becky Rea - flute (2012-2013)
* Robert Schulz - percussion (2020-present)
* Asako Takeuchi - violin & mandolin (2015-present)
* Rebecca Tay - soprano (2012-2013)
* Teresa Wakim - soprano (2016-present)
Discography
* The Oxford Sessions (2018, Centaur Records)

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