October 29, 2021 (Los Angeles, CA) -- Marigold has been out for a year and a half now; it entered the world at the same time the pandemic shut down everything, and most of the planet entered some form of lockdown. During these quieter days, Stu Larsen spent a few months in a small cottage on The Isle of Raasay off the west coast of Scotland, surrounded by the coldest of winters - the days were for exploring every corner of the island, and the evenings spent with a whisky and a guitar by the fireplace.
Marigold: Raasay Sessions was born in this little cottage. These are rough and raw acoustic versions of each of the songs from Marigold, plus a new little lullaby called “Goodnight x.” You can sometimes hear the fire crackling in the background and the
odd sheep passing by the front window too.
Also out now is a live radio performance from Deutschlandfunk recorded in August 2020. Selected tracks are available on all streaming services but head to YouTube for the full show plus interview sections. Larsen reminisces, “it’s strange to look back at this time and to hear my thoughts and see where I was just a few months into the pandemic. Some things have barely changed since then, but other things have changed dramatically, especially the information revealed around the 46-minute mark.”
Since leaving a day job 15 years ago, Stu has toured the globe numerous times, cultivating fans with concerts all around the world. As a result, fan favourites like “San Francisco” and “Thirteen Sad Farewells” have earned millions of streams across digital platforms. Documenting his travels through photos, Stu has lived numerous adventures, including an emergency appendectomy in Indonesia and being “embraced” by an “overly friendly” jaguar at a party in Mexico City.
2022 will see Stu hit the road again for a run of shows where he’ll finally be able to bring these songs from Marigold (and maybe a few new ones) to crowds across Europe. This will be Stu’s first full European tour since 2018, when he shared the stage with Japan’s harmonica virtuoso, Natsuki Kurai.
Ed Patrick is a singer-songwriter whose brand of indie folk and pensive pop brings to mind the sound of Jackson Browne and Joshua Radin.
Growing up on the south coast of England, surrounded by his father’s old blues records and mother’s Laurel Canyon songbooks, Ed Patrick seemed destined to create music. Having left school at the age of 16, Ed worked in his local guitar shop earning enough money to buy a one-way ticket to North America. Ed’s journey in developing his intimate style of songwriting was only just beginning.
Travelling throughout the country on Greyhound buses, Ed sought out his favourite guitar players’ numbers, intent on learning from the musicians he’d grown up listening to and who had graced the musical landscape of 70s and 80s US radio. The results have been impressive with Ed going on to release a string of singles and EPs amassing over 20 million streams on Spotify and featured on TV shows such as New Amsterdam and Good Trouble.
Raised in the rural market town of Newbury; Joe Hicks blends pop, blues and folk influences, combining intricate guitar composition with classic pop song-craft. Having made a name for himself as a session guitarist, Hicks released his first solo single at the start of 2017 following a soul searching writing trip to a secluded Cornish Airbnb garage with no internet or phone signal. Soon after he was made 'BBC Introducing Artist of the Week’, receiving extensive radio play across the U.K and also a CLASH ’Track of the Day’ feature. Since then he’s built up a sizeable online following (+2.5 million Spotify Streams) helped on by extensive support from BBC Introducing and touring the UK and Europe, including appearances at CarFest, The Big Feastival, Are You Listening? Festival, Pub in the Park, over 30 Sofar Sounds shows and slots supporting Sam Fender, James Walsh and Starsailor.
New single ‘Mirror Mirror’ (24.03.22) was recorded at Studio 91, Newbury with producer Sam Winfield (Amber Run, Only Sun, Robin Trower).
“This guy is absolutely smashing it, we can't wait to see what's next for him!” - Linda Serck, BBC Introducing Berkshire"
