Cover artwork by Tony Allgood. The photograph shows the ancient tree topped mound of Kirkcarrion brooding silently above the delightful yet sombre upper Tees valley.
My latest album, Kirkcarrion, is now available on Bandcamp. There you can listen to all of the tracks and purchase, either the individual tracks, or the whole album.
I think Kirkcarrion very much follows on from Landlines. Indeed, much of the inspiration from the two albums come from a novel I have been writing. I have to admit that there is a folk music feel to some of these tracks - more so than on earlier albums - and this was the intention. There's more vocal work on it too with Rachel, my wife, providing the talents for the sung pieces.
Each track, as if often the case with my material, doesn't stick to one 'tune' as such but moves between one theme and another often connected only by the instrumentation or the underlying chord progressions. I think you can lay the blame for this squarely at the feet of Mike Oldfield. His various more lengthy instrumental works have inspired me over the years to produce similarly long but ever changing pieces of music. The key works of this ilk for me being Ommadawn, Taurus II, Tubular Bells, Amarok and Music of the Spheres.
This album is now picking up some great reviews. One of them, by Dave Law, can be found here.
Remember that the whole of Kirkcarrion and any tracks from the album may be listened to on my Bandcamp page. From there you'll also be able to download my album in a variety of different formats, including CD quality FLAC, for just 2.50GBP.
Track Listing
On Rookwood Down
Solstice
Elaine's Song
La'al Stanes
Greenwitch
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