Peasant, by Richard Dawson

Peasant

by Richard Dawson

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Ursula's Crow 'The heartbroken potter's idiot boy was snatched from the speltfield.
Scouring a fortnight in the hills,
all they found, pointing from a sett, a small grey hand'. Favorite track: Ogre.

James Loves You The musical equivalent of getting lost at a Renaissance fair. 9/10 Favorite track: Ogre.

greengreenthursday Good lord has this man been hammering out masterpieces the last couple of years. Anything you'd seek out in music, especially in the songwriter genre, is there. Personality, authenticity, and the feelies. There's the weird vocal inflections, there's the eccentric topic choices that might never before have been covered in music in this form, and both frame these touching stories about people from different walks of life and eras. Richard's music is deeply human, don't sleep on his discography Favorite track: Scientist.

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1.	Herald 02:17	buy track
2.	Ogre 06:56	buy track
3.	Soldier 04:51	buy track
4.	Weaver 05:57	buy track
5.	Prostitute 03:59	buy track
6.	Shapeshifter 04:30	buy track
7.	Scientist 04:48	buy track
8.	Hob 05:57	buy track
9.	Beggar 07:23	buy track
10.	No-one 01:19	buy track
11.	Masseuse 10:49	buy track

about

No listener to Dawson’s earlier music has ever discerned a lack of artistic ambition. Whether they got on at the last stop - the 4 track Tyneside-Trout-Mask-through a-Vic and Bob-filter of Nothing Important - or earlier in the journey, with The Glass Trunk’s visceral song cycle or The Magic Bridge’s sombre revels, devotees of his earlier recordings will be at once intrigued by and slightly fearful of the prospect of a record that could make those three landmark releases look like formative work. Peasant is that album. From its first beguilingly muted fanfare to its spectacular climax exploring a Dark Ages masseuse’s dangerous fascination with a mysterious artefact called the Pin of Quib, Peasant will grab newcomers to Richard Dawson’s work by the scruff of the neck and refuse to let them go until they have signed a pledge of life-long allegiance.

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released June 2, 2017

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Richard Dawson Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

shows

Dec 06

Norwich Arts Centre

Norwich, UK
Dec 07

St George's Church

Brighton, UK
Dec 08

Boat Club

Nottingham, UK
Dec 10

The Bunkhouse

Swansea, UK
Feb 02

The Georgian Theatre

Stockton-on-tees, UK
Apr 27

Usher Hall

Edinburgh, UK
Apr 28

Usher Hall

Edinburgh, UK
May 01

O2 Apollo Manchester

Manchester, UK
May 02

O2 Apollo Manchester

Manchester, UK
May 04

3Arena

Dublin, Ireland

discography

The Ruby Cord

Nov 2022
Henki

Nov 2021
Republic of Geordieland

Aug 2020
2020

Oct 2019
Peasant

Jun 2017
The Glass Trunk

Dec 2015
The Magic Bridge

Dec 2015
Nothing Important

Nov 2014

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