There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) The Magpies was a Jamaican rocksteady band active in the late 1960s; 2) The Magpies is an alt-folk trio based in Glasgow; 3) The Magpies is an English folk band based in York. 1) The Magpies was a Jamaican rocksteady band active in the late 1960s. 2) The Magpies is an alt-folk trio based in Glasgow. The trio released "Wait For The Sunrise" in 2016 3) The Magpies is an English folk band based in York. Formed in 2017 by Bella Gaffney (singer, songwriter, guitarist and banjoist) and Holly Brandon (fiddler), the band released "Tidings" in 2020. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/The+Magpies">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.