Stick In The Wheel - Presents Perspectives On Tradition - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2018 . East London five piece folk band Stick In The Wheel are headed by singer Nicola Kearey, and guitarist/producer Ian Carter. Their debut From Here (2015) was fRoots magazine Album of the Year and a MOJO Folk Album of the Year, with four BBC Folk Award nominations since their inception in 2013. They are known for Kearey's fierce, working-class delivery, culturally and politically switched on, the group have been widely commended for their timely appraisal of English Folk, and their skill in telling stories through song that reconnect modern audiences to the past - drawing unexpected parallels between then and now. Album Tracks 1. Over Again 2. Weaving Song 3. Witch Bottle 4. White Copper Alley 5. Follow Them True 6. 100,000 Years 7. Abbots Bromley 8. Roving Blade 9. Unquiet Grave 10. Blind Beggar 11. Poor Old Horse 12. Red Carnation 13. As I Roved Out

Here you will get to experience Swedish rising stars, Korea. A concept that was created during long moments of silence and full thrust jam sessions. Korea's sound can be described as a journey in different music styles with a Swedish melancholic spine. In essence, a beautiful array of harmonies and melodies, combined with a heavy rhythmic section, all tighten together with silky smooth vocals. Hard hitting catchy songs, without ever being even close to generic. Korea is breaking new ground with the of their debut CD InchFor the present purposeInch. The team of Korea created a sound that has no continent boundaries. Album Tracks 1. Insufficient Karma 2. STHLM Psycho 3. Save Your Pain 4. Self Deception 5. Above 6. Rebound 7. Me Vs You 8. It's Over 9. GPHH38 10. Growing Apathy

Stick In The Wheel (singer Nicola Kearey, and guitarist/producer Ian Carter), blend the traditional with their own innovative and unique sound.Their debut From Here (2015) and second album Follow Them True (2018) received much critical acclaim; with the Guardian describing their music as 'razor-sharp, direct and fantastic'. Their third album Hold Fast is the creation of a band who are politically motivated, unapologetically raw, experimental and genuine. It's a made-under-pressure, no-punches-pulled unique and vivid collection of protest music in it's true sense, and in times like these it makes Stick In The Wheel one of Britain's most essential bands.Hold Fast was written and recorded in the six months preceding the global pandemic. As the impending situation closed in, there was Incha real sense of urgency, how it was crucial to get it right, a feeling that we can't mess it up,Inch says Carter. With most of the work taking place at the band's own studio, there was an intensity to the sessions, with Carter ultimately moving into the studio to produce and mix it as the world went into lockdown. Given the timing, the album's key themes of struggle and seem salient now more than ever. Kearey says, InchThis record is about working hard in the face of adversity, focusing on the positive, questioning the canon and making an offering with hope and resilience for the future.Inch Album Tracks 1. A Tree Must Stand in the Earth 2. Budg & Snudg 3. Top Knot 4. Villon Song 5. Gold So Red 6. Fake Away 7. Soldier Soldier 8. Possible Reasons for Eventual Admission to the Asylum 9. Drive the Cold Winter Away 10. Nine Herb Charms 11. Forward