Hazel Winter
Former Blue Aeroplane and one of Bristol’s most cherished musicians Hazel Winter releases her brand new album ‘Situation Normal Then’ on the 12th January 2009.
Having previously released two solo albums to wide-spread critical acclaim (see press quotes below), Hazel Winter joins forces with familiar Bristol cohort (Adrian Utley, Portishead, who looked after much of the production duties) to pen an album of nourish guitar blues and raucous folk rock.
Alongside Bristol-based fiddler Gina Griffin, banjo player Joff Lowson, and her sister Trish Winter and her band of Northumbrian folksters by the name of Horseplay, Hazel has set about creating a wildly powerful and uncompromising new album.
With Instruments including Northumbrian pipes, mandolin, wooden flute, medieval side drum and that traditional North Eastern heritage instrument, the Didgeridoo, the songs of ‘Situation Normal Then’ were recorded over 2 separate weekends 18 months apart; one was produced by Adrian Utley and the other by Hazel Winter.
The album’s opening track ‘Midwich Sleep On’ is available now as a free Mp3.