Carolina

Description

Carolina is an album by the Northern Irish singer and songwriter Brian Houston, independently released in 2015.

Brian Houston is a veteran of the music scene with over 25 albums to his credit and he has enjoyed great success in that time, sharing the stage with some of the biggest names in music including Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Robert Plant and Chuck Berry. This album is a truly independent and home-grown effort, recorded in a bedroom with no air conditioning in the height of summer with the whole process of recording and releasing completed in less than a month. Whilst the instrumentation is simple, mainly with just vocal and acoustic guitar, depth is created by using multiple vocal tracks to build up layers of harmony. The influences on this record are an interesting blend of the local country music to Houston’s North Carolina home mixed with the Irish folk drawing on his roots. Both of these influences require the art of telling stories through song and Houston shows his skill for doing just that from the mournful reflections of «Still In Love With You» and «Fifty Days» to the more upbeat, lilting rhythm of «Preacher Man». This album sounds like what it was, a home-recorded self-produced album with no bells and whistles but showing off the craft of a great songwriter. [Lins Honeyman, Cross Rhythms, May 2019]

> iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/album/carolina/1281354297)

CD tracklist:

01. Woman Who Whistles – 3:34
02. Preacher Man – 3:12
03. Heartaches Come to Town – 3:04
04. Shirley Girl – 2:55
05. Love Never Lets Me Go- 3:07
06. Someone to Cry To – 3:49
07. Angel Who Stands by Your Side – 2:29
08. Still in Love – 3:18
09. Sad Songs Tonight – 2:39
10. Fifty Days – 3:39
11. Stoking a Fire – 2:40
12. Carolina – 3:34
13. I Hate When She Forgets – 2:49
14. Old Songs – 3:37
15. Queen of Hearts (Acoustic) – 4:14
16. Santa Clause and Hollywood (Bob Harris Version) – 3:45

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