Neil sings and plays guitar. Nigel sings, plays guitar and bass. JT sings, plays guitar and bass. Richard plays the drums and piano.

'...AND LO! THE BIRD IS ON THE WING' is the new album from the acclaimed Scottish songwriter, Blue Rose Code (Ross Wilson). Previewed to a sold out theatre at 2016’s Celtic Connections and released on 4th March, supported by a UK and European tour.

Recorded at Gran's House Studio in the Scottish Borders and written between the Shetland Isles and rural Dorset, '...AND LO! THE BIRD IS ON THE WING' features the finest Scottish Jazz and Folk musicians, Nashville Gospel singers, The McCrary Sisters, British music legend Danny Thompson and Hollywood A-lister, none other than Ewan McGregor.

Of the new record, Wilson says, "It's an album for music fans and musicians, a challenging record.

"I'm passionate about that fusion of folk and jazz and where it intersects with songwriting. Working with these musicians has been a game-changer. I may have cut my throat because there's not really a single on here but, this is the album that I've written and it's just as I wished it to be."

In the space of only a short few years and two stellar albums, Blue Rose Code, Edinburgh-born Ross Wilson, has gone from song-writing in the obscurity of an East London flat to being celebrated by the industry and fans alike as a legacy artist whose work stands alone. As BBC Radio 3 broadcaster Mary-Anne Kennedy said recently, “Blue Rose Code is one of those rare artists whose work makes you sit up and listen”.

The Ballads Of Peckham Rye, Blue Rose Code’s second record, was nominated for the prestigious Scottish Album Of The Year Awards in 2014 and featured a roll-call of remarkable talent, including Danny Thompson, Karine Polwart, John Wetton, Aidan O’Rourke and Kathryn Williams. 

'GRATEFUL', the first single from the new album was released at the end of 2015 and was playlisted on BBC Radio Scotland for a full five weeks. Truly remarkable for an act without the backing of a label or a heavy management deal. 

Further praise has come from the most unexpected of quarters in Hollywood A-lister, Ewan McGregor. Ewan explained, “My uncle Denis Lawson, (star of Local Hero) gave me a copy of The Ballads Of Peckham Rye, it’s beautiful and I can’t stop listening to it.”

Performing live he is stunning, and this reputation led Edith Bowman to personally ask Ross to perform on the launch show of BBC At The Quay with Texas and Stornoway. Edith described Ross’ performance with a nine-piece band, including guest Karine Polwart, as “truly special and beautiful”.

Available June 11th! Pre-order on iTunes!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/southeastern/id644761037?uo=4

Wasuremono 忘れ物 (Japanese noun. Meaning: lost article; something forgotten.)
is a musical project driven by William Southward and his love to write, record and meticulously arrange atmospheric pop songs in his shed studio in Bradford-On-Avon, UK. 
All of the music is released on ‘The Wilderness Records’ a record label setup by William in 2013.



“Gorgeously melodic, motorik pop” - The Guardian

“They’ve got a real warmth and purpose to their song writing” - Steve Lamacq BBC 6 Music.

“Wasuremono… means anything forgotten or left behind in Japanese. No chance with this brilliant band.” - Lauren Laverne BBC 6 Music.

“… an innovative, richly widescreen experience – the sort of band that really decent speakers were made for." - Louder than War

''Melodic dark tales of love and loss''

www.richardsmithmusic.bandcamp.com

Twitter @Richardsmithuk

underneaththeabjectwillow@hotmail.co.uk

Sunderland’s Richard Smith has given his songwriting skills a number of vehicles to test drive, from the early Interpol-shapes of Widows to the more recent Ryan Adams & the Cardinals-aping Chased By Wolves. Now writing and releasing music under his own name he may have just found his own sound to go with it. Richard continues with the pastoral shades of his last outfit but with much more bare and psychedelia-tinged instrumentation in the hypnotic rhythms and frequencies.


The first E.P 'Autumn is here, and i guess i'm still in love with you' was released on Halloween 2012. 

From night drives to mountain sides. It's all fate. 

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