Mary and the Pigeons — Into Air (March 2016)

          ^{Mary and the Pigeons — Into Air (March 2016)} ♣   Mary and The Pigeons are a band hatched by writer and cellist Mary Barnecutt (me) with the aid of my lovely, assorted instrumental friends. Into Air combines my interest in folk music, poetry and an acoustic, minimalist string sound.
♣   ‘like Robert Wyatt crossed with... Mary Poppins.’ — Cellist and writer Mary Barnecutt’s debut album is a mesmeric mix of haunting melodies, pensive lyrics and panoramic string arrangements.
♣   ‘It’s like chamber folk’ — Kaleidescope’s Lioba Petrie
♣   ‘All of her music sounds like someone walking around a haunted  house. With big boots on.’ — Declan CusackLocation: Dublin, Ireland
Album release: March 2016
Record Label: Sharkwoman
Genre: Folk Pop, Chamber Pop
Duration:     29:24
Tracks:
1. Magda     1:14
2. Halfway There     3:51
3. Hippo     2:58
4. Moving     3:22
5. Elephant     4:16
6. Stranger Than     2:24
7. Ordinary     2:55
8. Red High Heels     3:49
9. Guest     4:37
Personnel:
♣   Max Greenwood Keyboards,
♣   Niamh Roche viola,
♣   Kathrine Barnecutt viola
♣   Lisa Dowdall  viola
♣   Ailbhe Kirkan violin
♣   Catherine Humphries  violin
♣   Ciarán Crilly violin
♣   Ruth O’Mahony Brady Keyboards
♣   Redmond O’Toole,
♣   Shelly Buckspan,
♣   Adrian Crowley Album notes:
♣   Variously described as ‘acoustic chamber–folk’, ‘Robert Wyatt crossed with Mary Poppins’ and ‘like someone walking around a haunted house’, Mary and the Pigeons were recently hatched by songwriter/cellist Mary Barnecutt, whose background in classical music and creative writing provides her with a unique take on contemporary song.
♣   Driven by free–spirited lyrics and sophisticated instrumental arrangements, Into Air encompasses 9 unique soundworlds from the lush string arrangements of ‘Elephant’ and ‘Stranger Than’, to the sparse, Brahms Guitar accompaniment of the haunting vocal in ‘Guest’.
♣   This debut album features playing from some of Ireland’s top musicians including Redmond O’Toole, Adrian Crowley and Shelly Buckspan.
♣   Into Air encompasses 9 unique soundworlds from the lush string arrangements of ‘Elephant’ and ‘Stranger Than’, to the sparse, Brahms Guitar accompaniment of the haunting vocal in ‘Guest’.
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Website: http://www.marypigeons.com/
Bandcamp: https://maryandthepigeons.bandcamp.com/releases
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Mary and the Pigeons — Into Air (March 2016)

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