Ellen and the Escapades are a folk-pop band from Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

, UK.

In 2009, the band were chosen by BBC Introducing

BBC Introducing

BBC Introducing is the brand for new music programmes across the BBC radio stations, showcasing unsigned, self signed and other emerging musical talent primarily from the UK. Launched in 2007 the Introducing brand brings programming from across the BBC under a unified brand with each show retaining...

 to perform at Reading Festival and Leeds Festival

Leeds Festival

Leeds Festival may refer to:*Reading and Leeds Festivals , a rock music festival in Leeds , West Yorkshire, England*Leeds Festival , European classical music festival in Leeds...

. The following year, Ellen and the Escapades won the Q Magazine/Glastonbury

Glastonbury

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 Emerging Talent Competition and performed on one of the festival's main stages.

The band receive regular national radio play from BBC 6 Music

BBC 6 Music

BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....

 and Amazing Radio

Amazing Radio

Amazing Radio is a national radio station broadcasting on digital radio in the United Kingdom. The station plays new music from a number of music genres including pop, rock, indie, hip hop, electronica and jazz...

. They have often also been played on BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

 and BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2

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, as well as on XFM

Xfm

Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...

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Releases

Without You (Single) - 17 Mar 2009

Coming Back Home (Single) - 24 May 2010

Of All The Times (EP) - 18 Oct 2010

By The Fireside With You (Single) - 13 Dec 2010
When the Tide Creeps In (Single) - 24th oct 2011

External links

Official Site - http://www.ellenandtheescapades.com

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/ellenandtheescapades

Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/ellenescapades

SoundCloud - http://www.soundcloud.com/ellen-and-the-escapades

MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/ellenandtheescapades