View basket “The Old Durham Road” has been added to your basket. Despite The Snow Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo SKU: ES144LP Barcode: 5065001118340 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Everyone Sang Released Date: 9th May 2017 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Gatefold Sleeve Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Despite The Snow, the second studio album by Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, was recorded live in just four days and the spontaneity of the performances is reflected in the simplicity of the production which showcases Emily’s gorgeous voice and sharply observed lyrics. Critically acclaimed upon its release ‘Despite The Snow’ garnered several four star reviews and prompted The Times to declare: ‘The hills have yet to be emptied of gold if you know where to look.’ The LP includes the song ‘Nostalgia’, the theme tune from the award-winning soundtrack of BBC TV drama Wallander. Emily writes: ‘‘Despite the Snow’ was recorded live in just four days in a 16th-century barn in Norfolk, England over the Easter weekend of 2008 in which it snowed and snowed and snowed some more. There is a long and winding story that connects the time between my debut solo album ‘Photos.Fires.Fables.’ (First released in 2005) and this one. The time between has meant that the songs have formed and developed through performing them live. It is this essence that I wanted to capture in the recording process. So for those who’ve seen us play, you’ll easily recognise the songs here. No frills, no digital tricks of trade, just the raw, exposed versions you’re accustomed to, that feature myself and my dear friends and musical companions: The Red Clay Halo (Gill, Jo and Anna.) We did however, have the pleasure of additional company in Tom Mason who played double bass and Dan See who played drums. They accompanied us on the first two days but, due to technical difficulties, and freezing condtitions (causing instruments to bend and fingers to not respond as requested) we were not able to use a lot of the versions of songs with full band line up. For the quartet recordings we sat in a circle with a microphone in front of each of us, and two microphones above us. We played through the songs until we felt we’d got a winner. During a tea break in the last hour on the final day, I started to play a dusty number written long ago, called ‘Bloated, blistered, aching heart.’ Gill wandered over to the battered old upright piano and promptly began to accompany me. Jo picked up her saw and bent out some haunting melodies. Eric, our patient and meticulous engineer, hastily re-arranged the microphones and we recorded the song. We played it twice and chose the second take. A similar process occurred with the recording of ‘The Greenway.’ We had come to the end of our recording weekend and were upstairs in the listening room trying to come to terms with the completion of such an intense few days. I couldn’t bear to finish. So, despite hand spasms and a knackered set of vocal chords, I picked up my guitar and played another forgotten-about song in front of just one microphone. This was the organic nature of our recording experience. The title ‘Despite the Snow’ is taken from a poem by Robert Graves called ‘She tells her love while half asleep.’ It is a love poem. Most of the songs on the album are, unashamedly, inspired by the same theme. They are songs written during a time of self-discovery through the discovery of another. Thank you to all involved in making this album happen for us.’ Artist Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo Genre Folk Label Everyone Sang Buying Options 180g 1LP Gatefold Sleeve Format 180g , 1LP , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 1 Nostalgia 2 All Love Knows 3 Disappear 4 If It's All Night Long 5 Bloated, Blistered, Aching Heart 6 Bright Phoebus 7 Storm In A Teacup 8 The Greenway 9 Sideline 10 Breath 11 Serendipity 12 Oh Journey Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo and more from Folk View Product Quick View Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo Dear River Folk | Linn Records | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 2nd October 2013 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo Dear River £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Linn Records SKU: AKH605 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 2nd October 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charlie Parr Last of the Better Days Ahead Folk | Smithsonian Folkways | 2LP Released 3rd September 2021 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Charlie Parr Last of the Better Days Ahead £23.00 Genre: Folk Label: Smithsonian Folkways SKU: SFW40244LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 3rd September 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bert Jansch Santa Barbara Honeymoon Folk | RSD2018 | 1LP Released 21st April 2018 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bert Jansch Santa Barbara Honeymoon £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: RSD2018 SKU: RSD2018186 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st April 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Linda Thompson Proxy Music Folk | Storysound Records | 1LP Released 21st June 2024 £20.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Linda Thompson Proxy Music £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Storysound Records SKU: 161059LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st June 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Viv & Riley Imaginary People Folk | Free Dirt Records | 1LP Released 15th September 2023 £22.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Viv & Riley Imaginary People £22.00 Genre: Folk Label: Free Dirt Records SKU: DIRTLP0113 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th September 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Christy Moore The Iron Vest Behind The Velvet Folk | Tara | 1LP Released 14th August 2020 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Christy Moore The Iron Vest Behind The Velvet £18.00 Genre: Folk Label: Tara SKU: 725993 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 14th August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Jim Croce I Got A Name Folk | Demon | 1LP Released 30th March 2020 £22.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Jim Croce I Got A Name £22.00 Genre: Folk Label: Demon SKU: nn198745 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th March 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Karen Dalton 1966 Folk | Delmore Recordings | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 11th December 2020 £32.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Karen Dalton 1966 £32.00 Genre: Folk Label: Delmore Recordings SKU: DE23C Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 11th December 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gregory Alan Isakov Appaloosa Bones Folk | Dualtone | 1LP Released 18th August 2023 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gregory Alan Isakov Appaloosa Bones £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Dualtone SKU: DUA25541 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th August 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pete Seeger Live At The Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. 1960 Folk | Mr Suit | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 10th December 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pete Seeger Live At The Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. 1960 £17.00 Genre: Folk Label: Mr Suit SKU: SUITABLE1334 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 10th December 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cara Dillon A Thousand Hearts Folk | Charcoal | 1LP Released 14th August 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cara Dillon A Thousand Hearts £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Charcoal SKU: CHARLP010 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 14th August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Folk Start again
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