Karine Polwart with Pippa Murphy
A Pocket of Wind Resistance
Released 17 Nov 2017
Karine Polwart
Hudson Records is proud to present 'A Pocket of Wind Resistance' - the studio recording of Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy's highly acclaimed Wind Resistance show.
A Pocket Of Wind Resistance, created alongside sound designer Pippa Murphy, is the studio adaptation of Polwart's rave-reviewed 'Wind Resistance' show, which premiered at Edinburgh International Festival in 2016.
Five-time winner at The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (twice for Best Original Song), Karine Polwart is an established songwriter, composer, performer, musical director and producer. She is also an emergent theatre maker and author. Her most recent solo album Traces (produced by Iain Cook of synth-pop band Chvrches) was shortlisted for both the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award and BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 'Album of the Year'. The Guardian chose it as international folk-roots release of 2012. Her debut solo album Faultlines won Best Album at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards back in 2005, following six years of touring internationally as a traditional Scots singer with Malinky and Battlefield Band.
This is a track record which has opened up intriguing musical opportunities in recent years. In addition to three further solo albums, Karine has scored twice for Scottish BAFTA nominated animation (Claire Lamond's All That Glisters, 2012 and Seafront, 2014), and twice produced commissioned songs for documentary film (Anthony Baxter's You've Been Trumped, 2011 and A Dangerous Game, 2014).
In association with The Royal Lyceum Theatre and Edinburgh International Festival 2016, Karine wrote, musically directed, and performed Wind Resistance, a critically acclaimed debut work for theatre. A poetic meditation on midwifery, ecology, sanctuary, and solidarity, it combines elements of memoir, essay, myth, sound art and song. This summer, Wind Resistance won the Best Music & Sound Award at the CATS (Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland) 2017, as well as picking up three other nominations for Best New Play, Best Direction and Best Producer and Karine was also shortlisted for Best Actor 'Scottish Oscar' in the Sunday Herald Culture Awards. Wind Resistance was described by The Telegraph in a 5-star review as "poignant, unflinching and beautiful".
Tracklist
- All on a Summer’s Evening•
- The Moor Speaks•
- Lark in the Clear Air•
- Labouring and Resting•
- Tyrannic Man’s Dominion•
- Place to Rest and Mend•
- A Benediction•
- Small Consolation•
- White Old Woman of the Night•
- Sphagnum Mass for a Dead Queen•
- Lullaby for a Lost Mother•
- Remember the Geese•
- Molly Sime’s Welcome to Salter’s Road•
- We are all Bog Born
Credits
- Pippa Murphy & Karine Polwart Producers
- Stuart Hamilton Engineer
- Mattie Foulds Additional Recording Engineer
- Andy Bell Mix Engineer
- Dean Honer Master
- Karine Polwart Guitar, Indian harmonium,sansula, synth & vocals
- Pippa Murphy Sound Designer & Piano
- Corrina Hewat Harp
- Sandra Mackay Gaelic vocal
- Kevin McGuire Bass
- Calum McIntyre Drums, percussion, glockenspiel, marimba
- Kate Young Wailing
- Cover Artwork Laurence Winram
- Photography Sandy Butler
- Graphic Design Robin Beatty
- "Best Album Nomination" – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018
- "Album of the Year" – Songlines 2017
- "Album of the Year" – BBC Radio 3 Late Junction
- "Warm, wise, compelling" – The Observer
- "Resistance is futile. Devestatingly powerful." – Songlines
- "A brilliant record that deserves to be heard from start to end." – The Skinny
- "Spectacular and starkly beautiful, it moved me deeply" – Folk Waves
- "An epic, emotional endeavour, and a stunning one too." – The Guardian
- "Incantatory, sensual and at times harrowing." – The Scotsman
- "Immensely affecting." – Mojo
- "A remarkable work." – Independent
- "Not so much a collection of songs, it’s theatre for the ears" – FRUK
- "A beautiful and brilliant piece of work." – Sunday Express
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