Katherine Priddy - The Eternal Rocks Beneath [CD]

Cat. no: NAVIGATOR106
Format: CD
Barcode: 805520621069
Release Date: 24 May 2024
Genre: Folk

Over the past three years, Katherine Priddy has quietly been building a growing following, captivating audiences around the UK with her haunting vocals, rich harmonies, distinctive finger picking guitar style and enchanting songs whose lyrics celebrate her life-long love affair with literature and poetry.

She has been championed by BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music and her debut EP ‘Wolf’ was chosen by Richard Thompson as his ‘Best Thing I’ve Heard All Year’ in MOJO Magazine in 2018.

With the buzz around her building, Priddy is making her mark in 2021 with the release of an eagerly-anticipated debut album,The Eternal Rocks Beneath, which is set to bring her to even wider notice. The 10 self-penned tracks are delivered with a maturity and depth that belie the fact that this is her first full length release. At times tender, at times carrying a darker edge, the stories she weaves are transporting. Not surprising then that Nick Drake, John Martyn, Tunng and Scott Matthews are amongst her many influences. 

The album was recorded over a 2-year period at Rebellious Jukebox studios, a little basement studio hidden beneath inner-city Birmingham and presided over by masterful producer Simon Weaver. The ensemble cast of musicians, including a sweeping string section, occasionally cut through by raw electric guitar and drums, as well as Richard March (Pop Will Eat Itself) on double bass and Mikey Kenny on fiddle, enhance Priddy’s command of melody and lyricism and provide the perfect backdrop for the feelings of nostalgia and timelessness that underpin the record.

Many of the songs were written during Priddy’s teenage years and early twenties and reference themes of childhood and distant memories. The charming bird song that begins the first track “Indigo” and closes the final track “The Summer Has Flown” harks back to the soundtrack to her own childhood, when days began and ended with the sound of a blackbird in the tree outside her window. In the same way, it now bookends this chapter of Priddy’s life and music career. The title “The Eternal Rocks Beneath” reflects this is Priddy’s first album; the culmination of her earlier life experiences and the bedrock for whatever follows next.

‘Best Thing I’ve Heard All Year’ – Richard Thompson (MOJO)

SINGLES
Three singles (‘Indigo,’ ‘Eurydice’ and ‘Icarus’ from the album released digitally prior to album release.
‘Indigo’ added to the Fresh Folk playlist on Spotify (653k likes), Contemporary Folk playlist (156k likes).
‘Indigo’ supported by Youtube influencer, Isabel Paige (454k followers) and included in her vlog.

VIDEOS
Indigo : https://youtu.be/PSzZ30HN0kU
Eurydice : https://youtu.be/jJW3bjff02I

Tracks: Indigo / Wolf / About Rosie / Icarus / Eurydice / Letters From A Travelling Man / The Spring Never Came / Ring O’roses / The Isle Of Eigg / The Summer Has Flown

RADIO
Substantial radio play and support, nationally and regionally, including BBC 6 Music (Radcliffe & Maconie, Gideon Coe, Steve Lamacq), BBC Radio Wales (Janice Long), BBC Radio 2 Folk Show (Mark Radcliffe), BBC Radio Wales Folk Show (Frank Hennessey), BBC Sound (Jon Wright), BBC Radio Shropshire (Andrew Marston/Genevieve Tudor), BBC Radio Ulster (Eve Blair) and many more.

BBC Radio 2 Folk Show interview with Mark Radcliffe confirmed for June 30th.
BBC Radio Wales Janie Long session confirmed.
Lots more interviews, plays and sessions to be confirmed closer to release date.

PRESS
- 600 word feature in next issue of RNR magazine confirmed.
-Album serviced to all major music magazines, newspaper music columns and online press/blogs. Reviews forthcoming throughout June/July.

ONLINE
Comprehensive online marketing and promotion campaign prior to and post release across Facebook, Twitter, Google, Youtube, mailing lists, etc.

Katherine will be Artist Of The Month on Folkradio.co.uk (the UK’s biggest folk/ acoustic/roots site) for the whole of June.
Extensive review, interview and competition to run.
https://www.folkradio.co.uk/
Album announcement on Folkradio.com :
https://bit.ly/3yI5bdo

‘Indigo’ video premiered on Folkradio.co.uk, 15/4/21 :
https://bit.ly/3yL2yHK
Great review on Outside Left :
https://bit.ly/3wDuhIJ
“Her voice is pure, her tales are sincere and, when mixed with her sensitive guitar playing, has the ability to stop you in your tracks”

Great review on Folking.com :
https://bit.ly/3urnO1W

News piece on Entertainment Focus.com :
https://bit.ly/34l0LLP

‘Eurydice’ single voted Fresh Fave on https://freshonthenet.co.uk/