The Caravan of Dreams album is increasingly different to anything I have worked on before. The last two tracks we recorded in the studio “Open up” and “All that loving, all that fighting” are just piano and vocals from myself and Agi. As our producer commented “There’s nowhere to hide”
This is proving to be a fascinating series of recording sessions with twelve different musicians. So far we have twelve tracks recorded and more planned before 2019. There’s a big variety of music, but I’m starting to really love the simplicity of writing and recording just vocals and piano. Agi has been a game changer in getting me to think differently about the whole songwriting process and I think the material for The Caravan of Dreams is my best to date. The material is a lot darker and I’m spending a lot more time on working up the tracks. Although I’m often writing on the uke, the Gregor Nowak guitarelle has been essential in the writing process for this album.
I’m far more mindful of vocal expression and the importance of arranging songs, so the title of the 2019 release “Tales of Dark and Light” is highly appropriate. Special thanks to the following who have been involved in recording this album, its a great team effort – Agi, Chris Smith, Dave Bowie, Fergus Quill, Jed Bevington, Rich Ferdi, Adrian Knowles, John Burr, Alice Higgins, Phil Doleman, Laurent Zeller Paul Conway and of course Carl Rosamond for brilliant production.
Tales of Dark and Light is due for release March 2019 with some low key gigs planned in 2018
