Editing Mostly Autumn (section)

{{Short description|English rock band}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Mostly Autumn
| image             = Mostly-Autumn.jpg
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| caption           = Mostly Autumn in 2021. Left to right, Angela Gordon, Olivia Sparnenn-Josh, Henry Rogers (top), [[Bryan Josh]], Iain Jennings, Chris Johnson and Andy Smith.
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| background        = group_or_band
| years_active      = 1995–present
| origin            = [[York]], [[North Yorkshire]], England
| genre             = {{Flatlist|
* [[Progressive rock]]<ref name="lambe">{{cite web | url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2005/08/03/prog_feature.shtml | title= New Prog Rock festival hits Gloucester | first=Stephen | last=Lambe| work=BBC | accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="hill">{{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mostly-autumn-mn0000593849/biography | title= Artist Biography by Gary Hill | publisher=[[AllMusic]] | first=Gary | last=Hill | accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="grunill">{{cite web | url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2006/05/15/mostly_autumn_review_feature.shtml | title= A Band for all Seasons! | first=Paul | last=Grunill | work=BBC | accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref>
* [[Celtic music|Celtic]]<ref name="lambe"/><ref name="hill"/>
* [[hard rock]]<ref name="lambe"/>
* [[folk rock]]<ref name="the prog mind">{{cite web | url= https://theprogmind.com/2019/03/05/mostly-autumn-white-rainbow/ | title= Mostly Autumn – "White Rainbow" | work=The Prog Mind | date=5 March 2019 | accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref>
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| label             = {{Flatlist|
* Cyclops 
* Classic Rock 
* Mostly Autumn 
* Dejavu Retro
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| associated_acts   = {{Flatlist|
* [[One Stoned Snowman]]
* [[Life Support (band)|Life Support]]
* [[Breathing Space]]
* [[Cloud Atlas (band)|Cloud Atlas]]
* [[Karnataka (band)|Karnataka]]
* [[Odin Dragonfly]]
* [[Panic Room (band)|Panic Room]]
* [[The Tower Radio]]
}}
| website           = {{URL|http://www.mostly-autumn.com/}}
| current_members   = [[Bryan Josh]]<br />Iain Jennings<br />Angela Gordon<br />Andy Smith<br />Olivia Sparnenn<br />Chris Johnson<br />Henry Rogers
| past_members      = Liam Davison<br />Bob Faulds<br />Kev Gibbons<br />Heidi Widdop<br />Alun Hughes<br />Chris Walton<br />Stuart Carver<br />Allan Scott<br />Heather Findlay<br />Rob McNeil<br />Jonathan Blackmore<br />Andrew Jennings<br />[[Anne-Marie Helder]]<br />Henry Bourne<br />Robbie Baxter<br />Gavin Griffiths<br />Alex Cromarty
}}

'''Mostly Autumn''' are an English rock band. The group formed in 1995 and have built their reputation through constant touring,<ref>"Rock Music", ''Northern Echo'', 23 November 2000 p.21</ref><ref>"Band were better value than Madge", ''South Wales Echo'', 11 April 2006 p.14</ref><ref>"Autumn are seasoned pros", ''Mail'' (Birmingham), 13 June 2007, p. 8</ref> never signing to a major label. They produce music heavily influenced by 1970s [[progressive rock]]. According to the [[BBC]], Mostly Autumn "fuse the music of [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] and [[Pink Floyd]] with [[Celtic music|Celtic]] themes, [[hard rock]] and strong, emotional melodies".<ref name="lambe"/> They have also been compared with other progressive bands from the same era such as [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]],<ref name="the prog mind"/> [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] and [[Camel (band)|Camel]], blended with traditional [[folk music]].<ref name="grunill"/> Later albums also include more contemporary influences.