Wireless Connection

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Cat No: MIG01962

Release Date: 01 December 2017

Label: Mig Music

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 885513019622

Genres: Folk Singer Songwriter

Description
Solo album from acclaimed Scottish guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Gavin Sutherland, who alongside his brother Iain, made up the group the Sutherland Brothers, who were signed to Island Records and Columbia in the 1970s.

So here it is, 'Wireless Connection', a bunch of tunes that I hope might lighten the load a little in these strange and troubled times. I was asked 'Is it country?' Well it's not 'city'. I'm a country boy at heart and the addition of a pedal steel guitar on a couple of tracks certainly pulls it all in that direction. With my roots in North East Scotland, a part of the world well known for its fiddle tunes and folk songs, it's pretty clear that the traditions of my homeland have influenced my approach to making music. Maybe there's some 'do re mi' in the DNA? The dance tunes that went across the Atlantic with Scots emigrants and morphed into blue grass and the old folk ballads that gave birth to country song and 'Americana'. It's all there. Speed it up, add a back beat, and there you have it, rock 'n' roll, the stuff that connected with me and so many others as we tuned into to the 'wireless' back in the day. I want to thank the friends old and new who helped me along the way and hope listeners out there enjoy our record and find a connection with what we've done. Cheers, Gavin Sutherland

"In songs such as Blueberry Wine, Old West Road, Monkeys and Trees, The Thistle and the Rose, After the Storm and the brilliant conclusion of the album's final track, The Nightbird's Song, Gavin Sutherland and his musicians, including John Wight, Carl Damianto, the haunting cello of Gareth John and Nick Zala, make that seemingly invisible connection hum with honour, truth and incredible, beautifully imagined scenic persistence." - Liverpool Sound & Vision
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