{"product_id":"unthank-smith-nowhere-and-everywhere-cd","title":"Unthank : Smith - Nowhere And Everywhere [CD]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: CD \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: BRUS004CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5400863091934\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 17 Feb 2023\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Folk\/Americana\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Two North-Eastern Mercury Prize-nominated artists from different musical worlds find common ground with an exploratory merging of voices and acoustic sounds. After first meeting backstage at an Africa Express show in Middlesbrough Town Hall, Paul approached Rachel to see if she would like to sing together, given his interest in folk music and their regional connections.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e With ‘Nowhere And Everywhere’, Unthank : Smith, foremost talents in their respective fields, set out to collect songs and pen originals that claw at the beating heart of the region.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Though Rachel Unthank has been immersed in the folk world from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echildhood, Paul Smith’s route towards folk began in his teens with a love of Martin Carthy, Karen Dalton, Nick Drake and Bert Jansch, especially their fingerstyle guitar-playing.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Echoes of that approach can be heard throughout this album, albeit simplified and merged with a more direct sound akin to US avant-rock acolytes of the 60s folk revival like Gastr Del Sol and David Pajo.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e As one of two lead singers of The Unthanks, Rachel Unthank has\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ededicated much of her career to celebrating folk songs by writers little known beyond the North East, such as Graeme Miles, whose\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Horumarye’ appears on the album. Rachel’s knowledge of traditional song allowed them to quickly add material to the original songs Paul was writing, in addition to ‘Seven Tears’, a rare Unthank original, inspired by Norse mythology.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Co-produced by David Brewis of Field Music, this raw and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eatmospheric album features Faye MacCalman of emerging avant-jazz group Archipelago on clarinet, and exploratory drums by Bonnie\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e‘Prince’ Billy \/ Alasdair Roberts collaborator Alex Neilson, of Trembling Bells (cult) fame.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e UK \/ Ireland tour announced in 13 towns and cities across the UK,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eahead of a headline UK show including a London Roundhouse show.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Tourdates - March 26 Glasgow St Luke’s, 27 Belfast The Empire, 28 Dublin\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLiberty Hall Theatre, 29 Liverpool Jimmy’s, 30 Birmingham Hare \u0026amp; Hounds, 31 Leeds Howard Assembly Hall, April 2 Newcastle Wylam Brewery, 4 London Bush Hall, 5 Brighton Komedia, 6 Bristol Trinity Centre (Fyfe Hall), 7 Manchester Band On The Wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCaptain Bover\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Natural Urge\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeven Tears\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eO Mary, Will You Go?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Maks Makems\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRed Wine Promises\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRobert Kay\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLord Bateman\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHorumarye\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe King\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Billingham Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42294925230236,"sku":"BRUS004CD","price":9.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/1_f7c9c949-daf5-484a-b09b-ff273b72e5d1.webp?v=1674249691","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/unthank-smith-nowhere-and-everywhere-cd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}