Hunter, by Christina Alden & Alex Patterson

Hunter

by Christina Alden & Alex Patterson

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stevejcurtis Really enjoying this collection of fine songs. Beautifully sung and played. I wish you both much success. Favorite track: Land Corridors.

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1.	Hunter 04:14	buy track
2.	My Boy 04:13	buy track
3.	New Year Waltz 03:08	buy track
4.	Brooklyn 04:16	buy track
5.	My Flower, My Companion and Me 03:18	buy track
6.	The Fox Song 04:34	buy track
7.	March 01:47	buy track
8.	Land Corridors 03:14	buy track
9.	The Greenland Shark 02:50	buy track
10.	Reed Cutting 04:54	buy track

about

Before the pandemic hit we had a full year of concerts booked throughout the UK and Europe, and like many other artists we saw those all fall away within a matter of weeks. This came as a big shock and was initially very hard to come to terms with; losing our work and our sense of identity. We wanted to channel our energy into something positive and so decided to record our debut duo album. We used our new-found time and space to be creative; to write, compose and develop new music.

This album was recorded during the lockdowns of 2020/21 at home in the ‘Folk Cellar’ on King Street, Norwich. Our house is in the middle of the city centre but the normally busy streets were quiet and so we were able to record everything at home. We have really enjoyed creating this album together; working on arrangement and developing our passion for songwriting and composing, returning to old instruments that had not been played for a while and revisiting fragments of song ideas written in old notebooks.

Christina Alden: Guitar / Vocals / Banjo
Alex Patterson: Fiddle / Vocals / Viola / Cello / Tenor Guitar / Shruti box

Tracks 1 & 2; lyrics by Alden, music / arr. by Alden & Patterson.
Tracks 3 4 6 7 & 10; lyrics / music / arr. by Alden & Patterson.
Track 5; trad / arr. by Alden & Patterson.
Tracks 8 & 9 lyrics / music by Alden, arr. by Alden & Patterson.

Double Bass by Calum McKemmie.
Recorded and produced by Alex Patterson in The Folk Cellar.
Mastered by Josh Clark.
Design and artwork by Christina Alden.

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released May 7, 2021

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shows

Apr 19

Christ Church Downend

Bristol, UK
Apr 21

Cabbage Patch Pub

Twickenham, UK
Sep 26

Deepdale Camping & Rooms

Hunstanton, UK

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