Folk

The Gloaming's debut album, entitled simply The Gloaming, was produced by Thomas Bartlett and mixed by Patrick Dillett (David Byrne & St. Vincent). It was finished in the summer of 2013 during the build up to a series of sold out concerts at prestigious venues in London, Amsterdam, Paris & New York.

In early 2011, the five musicians first met to explore their collaboration at Grouse Lodge Studios in Ireland's County Westmeath, an hour northwest of Dublin. In August 2011 -- newly christened The Gloaming -- they went on their first Irish tour, including a sold out debut show at The National Concert Hall, Dublin. The sellout hints at the excitement surrounding their formation, as does the fact that Ireland's prime minister Edna Kenny was in attendance that night.

Most of The Gloaming's work is based on traditional Irish forms, the basic grammar of which is known as a "reel." "Reels" are performed in simple rhythmic meters (2/2 or 4/4) and repeated in simple configurations. They are the syntax of Irish music just as a "riddim" is to dub reggae and the "break" is to contemporary hip-hop.

Happily, what The Gloaming do with the syntax of Irish music is anything but simple nostalgia. Into these traditional structures, they introduce deep wells of personality and experience. Lyrics are drawn from the history of Irish literature, old and new. The music is played with the authority of virtuosos. The result is unclouded by sheen or hokey sentimentality. Instead, it's haunting and emotionally charged. It sounds ancient without being a mere reproduction.

The Gloaming: "The Sailor's Bonnet"

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Track taken from the album "Various – The Imagined Village".  This album is now available as part of the Real World Gold series - http://realworldrecords.com/gold/

Folk used to be a four-letter word, but The Imagined Village project took it down from the shelves, dusted it off and showed how it should sound in 21st-century, multi-cultural England. Accordingly this record finds evergreen folkies like Martin Carthy, his daughter Eliza and The Copper Family rubbing shoulders with Benjamin Zephaniah and Sheila Chandra. Oh, and some bloke called Paul Weller. Not just a gripping piece of music, these recordings were crucial in helping to define Englishness in our confused and confusing times.
“Mischievous and tender, wry and wise, sad and surreal” – Observer Music Monthly


The Imagined Village - Cold Hailey Rainy Night (Real World Gold)

On February 2018, me & 8 fantastic musicians have joined together on stage to present an orchestral adaptation to my songs. This special performance took place at the St James Concert Hall at my home Island of Guernsey. 
It was a night that I will never forget. Truly magical. I doubt if I ever enjoyed so much before performing my song like that.
Here is the video for All Related taken from the concert.

Double Bass - Misha Mullov - Abbado
Electric Guitar - Rob Luft
Piano - Sam Watts
Drums - Harry Pope
Cello - Chiarra Beebe
Violin - Sarah Van Vlyman
Violin - Dan Oates
Viola -  Lizzie Boyce

Sound - Chas Cole

Musical arrangements by Misha Mullov-Abbado.
Sounding mixing and editing - Avi Ein-Zur Neumann.

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