{"id":16,"date":"2012-09-04T20:47:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T19:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-03-11T21:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:34:23","slug":"three-pressed-men","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/three-pressed-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Pressed Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SSA_Cover_WithText_1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3701 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SSA_Cover_WithText_1024-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"Scythe, Sword and Anchor front cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SSA_Cover_WithText_1024-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SSA_Cover_WithText_1024-768x686.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SSA_Cover_WithText_1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;A rare joy&#8221; &#8211; John Kirkpatrick<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Firmly rooted in the English tradition, Three Pressed Men perform wonders with voices, hammer dulcimer, guitar, accordions, harmonica &#8230; and lots of concertinas! Our music embraces many moods \u00a0and styles &#8211; striking a cappella harmonies, sensitive ballads, lively dance music and rousing choruses.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Three Pressed Men web pages. From here, you can find out about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"3PM Gigs page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?page_id=243\">Our gigs<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/oxford-folk-festival-modern-art-oxford\/\">12th April 2026<\/a> &#8211; Oxford Folk Festival &#8211; 2 gigs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/steam-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sound samples on SoundCloud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Contact Three Pressed Men\" href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?page_id=375\">How to contact us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Band\" href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?page_id=255\">The band&#8217;s history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Recordings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?page_id=273\">Our recordings<\/a>(and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?page_id=3857\">how to buy them<\/a>)\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Scythe, Sword &amp; Anchor posts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?cat=16\">Scythe, Sword and Anchor<\/a> &#8211; first new album for 17 years!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Reviews\" href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?page_id=312\">Some reviews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?p=3293\">More pictures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?page_id=3887\">Videos on YouTube and elsewhere<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have a Facebook page, too: befriend us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/threepressedmen\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/threepressedmen<\/a>\u00a0and we&#8217;ll let you know what we&#8217;re up to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Jan2015_24_1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3257\" title=\"Jan2015_24_1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Jan2015_24_1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Jan2015_24_1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Jan2015_24_1024-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Three of English folk music&#8217;s hidden talents! These chaps do great things with the tradition. They are singers and instrumentalists, composers and arrangers of rare talent. Variety is the spice of life, and their performances at folk clubs and festivals are always praised for the range of styles and sounds they present. Perhaps their most distinctive feature is their use of multiple concertinas. This is not a novelty band, though!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A rare joy&#8221; &#8211; John Kirkpatrick Firmly rooted in the English tradition, Three Pressed Men perform wonders with voices, hammer dulcimer, guitar, accordions, harmonica &#8230; and lots of concertinas! Our music embraces many moods \u00a0and styles &#8211; striking a cappella &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/three-pressed-men\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":91,"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4095,"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/4095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}