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Polly MacLean, vocals                                                      Andy Chapman, guitar

Slate Island Band Members

Éilish McCracken, violin                                             Al Firrell, bass & cello

Latest news & gigs:

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Sunday 17th June: Mycenae House

Gigs Mon, 30 Apr 2012

We'll be playing a full-length set. Support act will be the wonderful Jo Quail. Mycenae House, 90 Mycenae Road, Blackhea...

Monday 21st May: Under The Influence

Gigs Sun, 29 Apr 2012

Nat The Hammer's excellent Under The Influence nights take place on the third Monday of every month at The Boogaloo. Thi...

Polly solo gig, 13th April

Gigs Wed, 21 Mar 2012

Polly will be appearing solo at a special event at Tate Britain, as part of the Holloway Tales project initiated by Joe ...

Monday 19th March: Under The Influence

Gigs Thu, 15 Mar 2012

At the ever-popular Under The Influence nights, each act plays two of their own songs plus one song by the featured arti...

Monday 13th Feb: the last Blang

Gigs Tue, 31 Jan 2012

After ten years, the wonderful monthly Blang nights at the 12 Bar Club are coming to an end. We're honoured to be on the...

Radio session on Saturday 11th February

News Sat, 14 Jan 2012

We're playing a fifteen-minute session on the deXter Bentley Hello GoodBye Show on Sat 11th Feb (the show is on from 12 ...

Polly solo gig

Gigs Mon, 09 Jan 2012

Polly will be appearing solo as part of the 'Holloway Tales' project, presented by Blang at the 12 Bar Club: "On a Satur...

Resonance FM appearance on Friday 30th December

News Thu, 29 Dec 2011

Back in September, we took part in 'I Phil Therefore I Am: a tribute to Phil Ochs' at the 12 Bar Club. It was a terrific...

Song by Polly features in new play

News Thu, 03 Nov 2011

Polly has contributed the music for a song in new play 'Centaur' by Alexander Kishky. A modern re-telling of the ancient...