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Huge congratulations to Malin Lewis on the release of their debut album ‘Halocline’ which is OUT TODAY on digital, CD, LP and as part of our SUPER FAN bundles! HOORAY!

“I saw my first Halocline aged fourteen whilst swimming in an estuary in the Isle of Skye. I didn’t know what it was at the time but the image has stayed with me ever since. Appearing like a hazy layer of cloud under the water; it floats between two worlds and provides an environment which is home to a unique microbial ecosystem. As a trans person I live in a space in between; this beautiful space between a binary with its own colourful and unique culture.”Malin

Already receiving wonderful reviews, we hope you love this album as much as we do.

"In short, it’s quite exceptional"KLOF Mag

"Malin has taken the pipes to new levels of innovation"Irish Music Magazine

"Ear bogglingly good piper with vibrantly evocative debut.”At The Barrier

We’re really excited to have yet another record to announce for you today, this time from superb Scottish fiddler Laura Jane Wilkie. Available to pre-order today, ‘Vent’ is out on Hudson records 05.07.24 on Digital, CD, Limited Edition Orange/Blue LP or as part of our SUPER FAN bundles with handwritten tunes from the album.

Vent is centered around waulking songs – ancient women’s work songs which were sung for hundreds of years by women in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Laura studied these songs to adapt them for the fiddle, immersing herself in the Scottish archives and working with friend, tradition bearer and one-woman-ceilidh: Rona Lightfoot. The album explores the melodies of these ancient waulking songs and how they have individually and communally provided a sense of safety, shared knowledge, power, love, humour and freedom to not only rural working women’s communities, but to Laura as a non-Gaelic speaker.

Vent features an array of amazing talent including: Ian Carr on guitars/harmonium; Sarah Hayes on keys/flute/vocals; Joe Rattray on bass; Rachel Sermanni on vocals; Hannah Read on electric guitar; and Alice Allen on cello.

And if you didn’t catch our big announces last week, we’ve got two fabulous records coming your way very soon! We’ve got the incredible Rachel Newton with her album Sealladh and singer songwriter extraordinaire M G Boulter’s Days of Shaking. Both releases have some lovely SUPER FAN bundles available so do check them out and support if you are able.

The HUDSON CLUB is 3 YEARS OLD! We're so proud of all we have achieved here at The Hudson Club over the last 3 years. If you are a current or past subscriber thank you so much for the support! This is just the beginning!

We've funded & facilitated our artists to create 36 exclusives, so far, which are available to all our subscribers. This in itself feels like an amazing achievement and we are so proud of the breadth of work our artists (and friends of Hudson Records) have produced. We've developed our unique club portal, enabling streaming & downloads to run alongside our Bandcamp subscription, we've released countless records and made them available and accessible to our members and we've celebrated artists and their work together with our subscribers.

We’ve celebrated our birthday with an exclusive from an amazing collection of musicians. Join the Hudson Club today and check out our latest exclusive BRIGHT PHOEBUS SINGS TOM WAITS - Bootleg Part 1 (Live at Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2013) featuring: Jess Arrowsmith, Roy Bailey, Jon Boden, Andy Cutting, James Fagan, Fay Hield, Rob Harbron, Nancy Kerr, Sharron Kraus, Neil Mcsweeney, Rowan Rheingans, Andy Seward, Martin Simpson, Sam Sweeney

And of course, don’t forget it’s Bandcamp Friday today so if Bandcamp is your preferred digital platform then today is a great day to splash out on your favourite Hudson artists and their records!

Andy x