‘One Light Is Gone’ to me is an album very much drawing on the music I love. Many who have reviewed it mentioned Sandy Denny, June Tabor, Richard and Linda Thompson, and seemed to say, to all intents and purposes, it is a folk record.
However, quite a few folk
publications we sent it to replied with a “It doesn’t contain any traditional folk songs, how do we know its folk music?” To us the reply “you could listen to it?” seemed a
reasonable one. Most whose
copy made it to the CD player seemed to feel that folk was the main banner it would be classified under. But for those who needed proof of its folk credentials before they would allow it airtime, it came up short time and again.
In response to this, Ben Walker and I decided to record an album of the folk songs we regularly include in our live sets. ‘The Seas Are Deep’ (Here‘s the
link)
was mainly a point-making
exercise, so we decided to record it ourselves in Ben’s room (yes, he added recording, mixing and mastering to his list of talents this year!). The only costs were for Jo Silverston (Red Clay Halo/The Unthanks) on cello and the illustration for the cover. (
www.domcooper.com)
‘The Seas Are Deep’ was made downloadable on
bandcamp.com for ‘pay what you want’. We weren’ t expecting too much from it, it was only designed to get a foot in the door with a few folk festivals, radio stations and publications. Howe ver, the response to it has been amazing and we made back our meagre investment in the first week of it being available. Many people emailed asking to re view it, and it has even reached across the sea to the States (Here‘s the link) and Canada.
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