Cat No:
LIDICD002
Release Date: 16 September 2016
Label: Little Dish Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 880992157605
Genres: Folk Singer Songwriter
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Description
Instar is the brand new album from BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year 2015 Nancy Kerr.
Finding herself increasingly fascinated by the role of the environment as a character in music, literature, art and film, Nancy's new compositions explore the themes of human/ecological interaction that lie just beneath the surface of so many traditional folk songs. The lore and language of nature provide a repertoire of raw, universal images with which to address subjects such as gender identity and sexuality, struggles for human rights, love and consent, colonialism and the effects of austerity on our culture and ourselves.
With her Sweet Visitor Band now an established unit, Nancy's writing is also focused on the musical qualities of band mates Rowan Rheingans, James Fagan, Tim Yates, Tom Wright, Greg Russell and guest pedal-steel player C J Hillman. Tom Wright's assured production reveals the scale and drama that the lyrical subjects require.
Instar extends some of the themes introduced in both Nancy's Sweet Visitor album and in Murmurs - her collaboration with Martin Simpson and Andy Cutting on Topic Records - and acknowledges the influence of contemporary nature writers Rob Cowen (whose 2015 "edgeland" memoir Common Ground provided great inspiration), Helen Mcdonald (H is for Hawk) and George Monbiot (Feral).
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Tracklisting
- 1. Instar
- 2. Farewell Stony Ground
- 3. Oh England What Seeds
- 4. Written On My Skin
- 5. Fragile Water
- 6. Kingdom
- 7. Gingerbread
- 8. Light Rolls Home
- 9. Seven Notes (adieu My Love)
- 10. Crow's Wing
- 11. See Her Fly Home
- 12. Sisterhood
- 13. Silver Sage
Disc 1
Side 1
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An Evening With
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan
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Sweet Visitor
Nancy Kerr
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Nancy Kerr
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The Full English
The Full English (Seth Lakeman, Martin Simpson, Fay Hield, Nancy Kerr, Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron & Ben Nichols)
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Sweet Visitor
Nancy Kerr
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Sweet Liberties
Sweet Liberties (feat. Martyn Joseph, Nancy Kerr, Sam Carter and Maz O'Connor)
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Letters Through Your Door
David Gibb
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