“A great songwriter with a voice that can break your heart at 30 paces” omschreef Ralph McLean van BBC Radio Ulster haar ooit. Met The Truth & Other Stories komt, mede dankzij haar crowdfunders, de droom uit van deze sympathieke singer-songwriter uit Noord-Ierland, opnemen in Nashville. En niet met de minsten. Geproduceerd en gemixt door Neilson Hubbard in Skinny Elephant Recording, Nashville. Verder werkte onder andere gitaristen Will Kimbrough en Doug Lazio en op fiddle Eamon McLoughlin mee.
Brigids muziek spreekt al vele jaren aan bij veel generaties. Ze is een getalenteerd verhalenverteller. Ze combineert folk, country en jazz tot herkenbare verhalen over geluk, liefdesverdriet en de menselijke conditie.
”A bit about the album... I was fascinated by the concept of ‘truth’ and intrigued by the concept of everyone having a different version of their truth... a personal viewpoint, their own narrative, their own story. The title plays a bit with shades of meaning - a ‘counter positioning’ if you like. The ‘other stories’ may challenge the truth, but ‘the truth’ retains that sense of the absolute. In the songs I hope to present the realities of different characters through short stories. Over time and through the pandemic however, different stories came to light and sometimes the focus would shift. Ultimately though, I have been living with these stories and these characters for some time now.”, aldus Brigid. The Truth & Other Stories wordt door haar uitstekende begeleiders naar een hoger nivea getild.
Theo Volk
Releasedatum : 10 maart 2023
Website : https://www.brigidoneill.com/