Boo Hewerdine / Findlay Napier

0	HEBDEN BRIDGE: Wadsworth Community Centre
P	Friday 25th November, 2016
N	6:45pm

HEBDEN BRIDGE: Wadsworth Community Centre

Friday 25th November, 2016

6:45pm

Event information

Boo Hewerdine is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. His work includes lead singer and creative force behind The Bible, formed in the 1980s, and reformed in 1994; writing a huge catalogue of songs, as well as solo recordings and work for film. He has been described as "one of Britain's most consistently accomplished songwriters".
Boo Hewerdine has collaborated over several years with Eddi Reader, as producer, songwriter and guitarist in her band. His song "Patience of Angels", originally written for The Bible, was recorded by Reader for her self-titled 1994 album, and was a top 40 hit in the UK Singles Chart when released as a single. He also co-produced Eddi Reader's 1999 album Angels & Electricity and her 2003 album Sings the Songs of Robert Burns.

His songs have been covered by over 50 artists and has had songs recorded by K.d. Lang ("Last Cigarette"), Paul Young, Mel C, Marti Pellow, David McAlmont, Brian Kennedy, Kris Drever, Sarah Jane Morris, Alex Parks, and Natalie Imbruglia. Quite a variety!
His other production work includes albums with The Corrs, Heidi Talbot, and Laurie Freelove. He co-wrote and produced Chris Difford's 2008 album The Last Temptation of Chris.
Reveal Records compiled the first document of his career to date with a fine Best of compilation “My Name In Brackets” and swiftly followed that with an album of lost recordings found in a box! This album was “Open” which received five star reviews and was number 5 in the Telegraph Albums of The Year 2015.
Boo’s new album Swimming In Mercury due October 7 2016 (Reveal Records).

Findlay Napier is a Glasgow based singer songwriter whose writing nestles neatly between the parallel world of folk and Americana. Findlay is one of the most highly-regarded performers and creative forces on the Scottish music scene – thoroughly active and a truly energised with a heart-warming zing.
He made his name touring and recording with multi-award winning traditional Scottish folk band Back of the Moon. In his more recent projects “Queen Anne’s Revenge” and “The Bar Room Mountaineers” his song-writing took centre stage and was described by The Sunday Herald as “Genuine songcraft and wit following in the Difford & Tilbrook tradition”.
His most recent album VIP was #2 in The Telegraph’s top folk albums of 2015 and Maverick Magazine describes it as, “A brave, creative and smashing listen.” The album was co-written and produced by Boo Hewerdine.

"He's good and he's really funny too! He's got that classic brilliant banter with the audience as well. Lovely to hear the storytelling in the songs as well as in between. A wonderful cacophony of bizarre and brilliant tales of real people." Edith Bowman- BBC Quay Sessions