English Country Music, by The Owl Service

English Country Music

by The Owl Service

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mfaher2012 Love the marriage of old and new - but these songs stand on their own, too. Very cool.

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	1.	The New Garden Fields 07:12
	2.	Newport Street 04:53
	3.	The Faithful Plough 05:52
	4.	A Sailor's Wife 06:07
	5.	Bushes & Briars 08:00

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After reviving the collective in March 2021 following a 5 year hiatus, Owl Service main man Steven Collins decided that now is the time to fully embrace their outsider stance with new projects that unapologetically marry traditional folk song with decidedly non-traditional musical backing.

With English Country Music (an exclusive commission for the FPG Sounds project from Southend’s Focal Point Gallery), Collins has fused traditional folk songs collected in his native Essex with the music that has shaped him the most over the previous 3 decades. This set of songs is a reconciliation of his desire to explore our musical heritage, but from the standpoint of an upbringing in a concrete modernist new town with no sense of tradition, the project’s musical cues coming mostly from genres inextricably linked to urbanity.

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released March 16, 2023

All lyrics traditional, all music written & arranged by Steven Collins except track 1 (written by Kate Waterfield), and track 3 (written by Daniel Forbes & Steven Collins).

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered at home by Steven Collins with;

Diana Collier - vocals on tracks 2 & 5; Daniel Forbes - vocals on track 3; Bryan Styles - drums on track 1, clarinet on track 4; Kate Waterfield - vocals on tracks 1 & 4.

Thanks to James Ravinet & all at Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-sea / www.fpg.org.uk

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Essex-based alternative folk collective, currently on indefinite hiatus.

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