Fence Collective (we could use the term loose here, but you know that already - see every article written about Fence) collective of musicians based in Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife affiliated to the Fence record label. Acts are often dubbed nu-folk by the press, who have quite clearly never heard them. On a more fashion-led tip, the micro-genre "toorie-rock" was coined in deference to the protagonists' love of the wooly bunnet. Anstruther (Enster in Scots)is a small town in Fife, Scotland. ... The East Neuk or East Neuk of Fife is a geographically ill-defined area of the coast of Fife, Scotland, which none-the-less stirs local passions. ... Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a unitary council region of Scotland situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth. ... Nu-folk is the catch-all term used to describe the loose grouping of musicians working in the folk music idiom. ...

Leading acts include King Creosote, James Yorkston aka "The Bass Player from Huckleberry", Pip Dylan (the talented brother), Jethro, Pictish Troll, The Red Welly, Lone Pigeon. KT Tunstall, HMS Ginafore, MC Quake and The Beta Band , have also been involved. Also amino people, Kunt's premier near-invisible band. Fans of A-Ha and Dexy's Midnight Runners will love this lot. Fence fans, known as 'beef botherers', are known to resort to low level dadaism as a means of menial stimulation whilst being able to distinguish a calabrese from a broccoli at 100 yards. King Creosote shot to fame in the early eighties with his sunshine band, however drink and drugs kicked in, resulting in a lack of chart hits and a change of tack - KC changing the name of his band to the coconuts and releasing low quality calypso tunes. ... James Yorkston is a Scottish folk musician. ... Lone Pigeon (alias Gordon Anderson or Beta Band Seedling) is a musician. ... KT Tunstall, performing at the 2005 Summer Sundae in Leicester Kate KT Tunstall is a singer-songwriter from Scotland. ... The Beta Band is Scottish musical group whose self-described style is folktronic, a blend of folk, rock, trip hop, and experimental jamming. ...

External links

• Fence Records
• Guardian article on Fence