NEW ALBUM \u2018ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS\u2019
\nOUT FEBRUARY 18TH 2013 ON NAVIGATOR RECORDS<\/p>\n
\u2018Angels Without Wings\u2019 is an album of original compositions glowing with special guests from the worlds of folk, pop, rock and bluegrass. Featuring collaborations with Mark Knopfler, King Creosote, Jerry Douglas, Tim O\u2019Brien, Karine Polwart, Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow) Julie Fowlis and more<\/p>\n
\u201cA voice that\u2019s both awestruck and tender\u201d (The New York Times)
\nUS Indie Acoustic Award, twice BBC Folk Awards nominee<\/p>\n
When Mark Knopfler and Jerry Douglas offered to play on Heidi Talbot\u2019s new album, they thoughtfully recorded their parts in several different styles \u2013 some were instantly recognisable, others more low-key. Talbot\u2019s husband, producer and bandmate John McCusker joked, \u201cyou\u2019ve got the best guitar players in the world and we\u2019re blending them in?\u201d But both musicians knew that for Talbot, the song always comes before the name.<\/p>\n
Subtlety is Talbot\u2019s magic ingredient \u2013 from her gossamer voice to the delicate re-working of traditional and contemporary material that earned her rave reviews for her 2008 breakthrough In Love And Light. The girl from Ireland\u2019s Co. Kildare, who spent several years in New York as a member of the Irish-American supergroup Cherish The Ladies, slips effortlessly between musical worlds but retains a personal modesty rooted in traditional folk.<\/p>\n
Talbot began writing songs on her 2010 album The Last Star. In just two years she\u2019s become a master of the art, sometimes composing alone, sometimes with McCusker and Boo Hewerdine (who form her touring band). Kenny Anderson (King Creosote) became a new creative foil after the pair discovered a mutual admiration: <\/p>\n
\u201cHe was asked to pick his fantasy band for The Independent and he picked me and Morten Harket from A-ha on joint lead vocals,\u201d Heidi laughs. She conceived the melody for Button Up \u2013 a brooding, urgent acoustic love song \u2013 with Anderson in mind, and he sent back his own lyrics.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt home we listen to Belle And Sebastian and Teenage Fan Club as much as we do The Fureys and Mary Black,\u201d she says, of her song-writing\u2019s broad appeal. The best modern folk music gets right to the heart of human drama while remaining oblique about time and place: \u2018Wine & Roses\u2019 is a poignant contemporary reminiscence about young lovers \u201cholding hands and rubbing noses\u201d; I\u2019m Not Sorry is a mini-psychodrama written from a single moment of reflection \u2013 \u201cI felt it so it can\u2019t be wrong to sing about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
And while the timeless language of traditional folk will always be an inspiration, there are traces of Americana in \u2018When The Roses Come Again’ (feat. Mark Knopfler), a delicate country-tinged duet with bluegrass legend Tim O\u2019Brien, and Parisian romance in the unforgettable title track by Boo Hewerdine, laced with vintage accordion.<\/p>\n
Talbot and McCusker were keen to capture the spontaneity of performance: the album was recorded live in Glasgow\u2019s new Gorbals Sound Studios with her regular team Ian Carr (guitars), Phil Cunningham (accordion), Michael McGoldrick (flutes\/whistles), James Mackintosh (percussion), Boo Hewerdine (acoustic guitar) and Ewan Vernal (bass). \u201cIf people made mistakes we\u2019d just keep going,\u201d says Heidi. \u201cOn some of the tracks you can even hear the harmonium creaking. These guys are friends, they all give their opinion. They\u2019ll say, \u201cthat\u2019s it! That\u2019s the take!\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n
Talbot\u2019s close-knit creative environment has fostered her confidence as a songwriter while allowing her to welcome in surprising new collaborators. These ever-evolving musical relationships can be heard on this, her most sophisticated and vibrant recording to date. <\/p>\n
Jan 2013 <\/p>\n
Sat 26 Tolbooth, Stirling, Scotland. Box Office: 01786 274000
\nSun 27 Angels Without Wings Album launch @ Celtic Connections festival – Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow with special guests. Box Office: 0141 3538000<\/p>\n
Feb 2013 <\/p>\n
Fri 15 The Buccleuch Centre, Langholm, Scotland. Box Office: 01387 381196
\nSat 16 The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth, England. Box Office: 01900 826448
\nSun 17 Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton, England. Box Office: 0845 127 2190
\nTue 19 Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, England. Box Office: 01392 667080
\nWed 20 Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd, Wales. Box Office: 08000 147111
\nThu 21 Cecil Sharp House, London, England. Box Office: 0844 8889991
\nFri 22 Royal Native Oyster Stores, Whitstable, England. Box Office: 07895 683567
\nSat 23 Forge at Anvil, Basingstoke, England. Box Office: 01256 844244
\nSun 24 Subscription Rooms, Stroud, England. Box Office: 01453 760900
\nMon 25 Artrix, Bromsgrove, England. Box Office: 01527 577330
\nWed 27 Sheffield Cathedral, Sheffield, England. Box Office 0114 263 6951
\nThu 28 The Barn, Baston, England. Box Office: 01778 560497<\/p>\n
March 2013 <\/p>\n
Fri 01 Mar The Met, Bury, England. Box Office: 01617 612216
\nSat 02 Mar Hepworth Village Hall, Hepworth, England. Box Office: 07845 921527
\nSun 03 Mar Darwin Suite, Derby, England. Box Office: 01332 255800
\nMon 04 Mar Rodewald Suite, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, England. Box Office: 0151 7093789
\nTue 05 Mar Pocklington Arts Centre, Pocklington, England. Box Office: 01759 301547
\nThu 07 Mar Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, Scotland. Box Office: 01383 602302
\nFri 08 Mar Eden Court, Inverness, Scotland. Box Office: 01463 234234
\nSat 09 Mar Eastgate Arts Centre, Peebles, Scotland. Box Office: 01721 725777
\nSun 10 Mar The Woodend barn, Banchory, Scotland. Box Office: 01330 825431 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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