10/16/2022
Hey Americana , Triple A Radio & Blues shows it’s time to checkout Elles Bailey from the UK. Currently on a huge tour in the England she is an about killer singer & songwriter & belongs on your playlist
It seems so mind-blowing to write this however Shining in the Half Light has been accepted into first round voting in the GRAMMYs and nominations open today. So for all you Recording Academy members who may see this - Here is my official
Category - Best Americana Album
Album - Shining in the Half Light
Listen - https://tinyurl.com/shiningfyceb
“It is an album inspired by those who spread love in a time of heartbreak, happiness in a time of fear, and connection in a time of isolation!”
Shining in the Half Light is Bailey's first full length album recorded in the UK & features Joe Wilkins on guitar, Jonny Henderson on ivories, Matthew Waer on bass duties and Matthew Jones on drums. Kris Donegan also features on Guitar on Stones and Colours Start To Run. It was recorded in deepest Devon in December 2020 at Middle Farm Studios and produced by Dan Weller, best known for his long working relationship with Enter Shikari.
Elles wanted this record to feature 'gospel style vocals' so in steps Izo Fitzroy, an incredible artist in her own right, who arranged the stunning background vocals on the album, and performed them alongside Jade Elliot and Andrusilla Mosley. An exciting team of co-writers feature with three credits for Ashton Tucker & Will Edmunds, who both wrote with Elles for 'Road I Call Home', plus she teamed up with longtime guitarist Joe Wilkins to write the slow-flowing, philosophical 'Riding Out The Storm'. Other kindred spirits include guitar maestro Martin Harley, for the gentle and romantic 'Different Kind Of Love', Matt Owens, co-founder of the hugely successful indie-folk outfit Noah and the Whale, on the aforementioned 'Sunshine City', Brett Boyett on the gothic “Who’s That and Tamara Stewart on the Slide banger Stones. The album comes to a striking conclusion with its title track, co-written with Nashville's Craig Lackey, written over Zoom in May 2020. Mixed by Nashvilles Steve Blackmon and Mastered by Ryan Smith from Stirling Sound.
