Natalie Wildgoose - Rural Hours - 1LP

Living between London and the moors of North Yorkshire, Natalie Wildgoose spends her time scouring for pianos in remote corners of the Yorkshire Dales, finding them in Victorian mills, grade II listed village halls and isolated chapels, and letting the spaces themselves shape the music. Carrying the rarefied qualities of an unearthed archive recording,  her music seeks to slow down the frantic pace of modern life; uncovering the past, and reconnecting with the environments of the places and communities that hold her.

Recording first on piano, as before, Rural Hours - released 15th April via state51, also sees Natalie return to the richness of a folk ensemble. Never content to simply shack up in a recording studio she brought musicians Chris Brain and Owen Spafford to a bothy high up in an isolated part of the Yorkshire Dales, two hours walk from the nearest village and without heating or electricity. Playing by candlelight, songs inspired by life and loss in North Yorkshire, by Emily Dickinson’s letters, or the Sibylline oracle of Ancient Greece play against the crackle of the fire and the wild winds blowing outside.

1. A Dream In Winter

2. Nobody On The Path

3. River Days

4. Sibyl

5. Wind Callers

6. In The North