Dan Hartland’s songwriting has been described as “absolutely gorgeous” (BBC Introducing), "delicately lovely" (Americana UK) and as cutting “right through to the listener’s innermost soul“ (Maverick magazine). His previous album, “Great Novels”, was praised by GigSOUP as “a thing of real beauty,” and by Folking.com as "a melding of Paul Simon with Gerry Colvin, with songs equally literate and thoughtful."

"Cast A Coin" is the first single from Dan’s forthcoming new album, “Haywire,” which takes that trademark song-craft to new places, incorporating a range of non-acoustic instrumentation. The new songs - collaborations between Dan and a collective of musicians credited as The Brink - retains the lyrical and melodic focus of Dan’s previous songwriting, and situates it within a new musical context.

One of the album’s highlights, “Cast A Coin” takes the symbols found on maps become a metaphor for how to situate oneself in one’s own story.

Hartland has a reputation for getting “right underneath the topic he’s writing about” (BBC Introducing); on “Haywire,” he and The Brink will be getting their audiences dancing as well as thinking.

Cast A Coin

Taken from the album "Great Novels" (Feb 2018), produced by Chris Tye. 

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Loved&Lonely

Lyrics and music by Dan Hartland. Recorded by Peter May at MayB Studios, Worcestershire. Featuring Marko Miletic on double bass.

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