Olivia Ross - Grace the Blue

Why has Olivia Ross waited so long to deliver her frst solo album?
Listeners to 'Grace The Blue', due for release this September and
featuring mainly her own work with a select mix of key infuences, will be
mystifed that such an assured, mature work is a debut
Her smoke and honey tones wouldn't be out of place in a jazz club, and the
soulful delivery conjures Americana and the Scottish tradition equally well. But it
all comes together as more than the sum of its parts in an authentic and utterly
distinctive voice.
Lovers of The Shee already know this having followed her over their four albums
and almost 20 years of touring. The new revelation here is Olivia's work as a
songwriter and tunesmith which place her frmly in the tradition of Carole King,
Laura Marling and June Tabor.
Some of her Shee colleagues feature in supporting roles with Signy Jakobsdottir
on drums and percussion and Laura Beth Salter on mandolin and backing vocals.
The rest of the band line up boasts of Traditional music's fnest musicians; Anna
Massie on Guitar, Rory Matheson on piano, James Lindsay on double bass and
Calum Stewart on wooden fute and whistles, with special mention of Olivia's
mum, Maureen Ross adding a backing vocal on Track 9. Grace The Blue was
produced by another Shee member Rachel Newton, who also provides backing
vocals. With each and every track these musicians create the sympathetic
soundscapes the lyrics deserve.
All nine featured musicians have brought their A game to this album, with Olivia's
own fddling to the fore. But the sensitive, spare arrangements of tracks like 'Little
Sparrow' rightly let the voice and lyric do the talking. Never mind the long wait,
this is a terrifc debut from one of Scotland's most distinctive voices.
Tracks: Little Steps / Far From This World / Bleary Winter / The River / Morning
Star / Beccy's Big Day/ Knoydart Ahoy! / Little Sparrow / Lost Inverlael /
Hallelujah / The King's Shilling / Jock O'Hazeldean / Summer's Promise

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