Mercury is the third solo album from multi-award-winning Scottish singer-songwriter Siobhan Miller and her first album of entirely original material. Recorded in Glasgow with many of her frequent collaborators, including producer Euan Burton, it also features co-writes with Lau’s Kris Drever and Admiral Fallow frontman Louis Abbott. It will be released on November 2nd via Songprint Recordings and can be pre-ordered here https://www.siobhanmiller.com/shop/
The title track, which is released as a single today is also our Song of the Day and features in our Regular Folk Playlist on Spotify.
Winner of 2018 BBC Folk Award for ‘Best Traditional Track’, at which she was also nominated for Best Singer, Miller is the only ever three-time winner of Scots Singer of the Year, and widely regarded as one of the foremost vocalists in Scotland. She creates music with detail and rich melodies that combine indie and alternative sounds with her upbringing in Scotland’s folk music scene. The album release will be accompanied by an extensive UK tour.
One of the themes of the album is memory: what we take with us over the years as the ‘important moments’, the precious nature of those memories and the curious process of our brain deciding what it will filter out without us really having control over it. Many of the songs see Miller looking at what we leave behind us in various chapters of our own lives and where we are headed, individually and as a society.
Her two previous albums received widespread critical acclaim, highlighting her extensive range through traditional, contemporary and self-penned material, as well as her “delicate, nourishing vocals and lyrically rich compositions” (The List). As well as her many Awards, Siobhan has made numerous TV and Radio appearances including a role in TV series ‘Outlander’.
Siobhan Miller – Mercury UK Tour
OCTOBER
19 – GLASSEL – Glassel Hall
20 – COMRIE – White Church
30 – PAISLEY – Paisley Arts Centre
31 – NOTTINGHAM – Lakeside Arts Centre
NOVEMBER
1 – NEW MILTON – Forest Arts Centre
2 – LONDON – Kings Place
3 – BERKHAMSTEAD – The Vyne Theatre
4 – WHITSTABLE – St Mary’s Hall
5 – COLCHESTER – Colchester Arts Centre
8 – PEEBLES – Eastgate Arts Centre
12 – NETTLEBED – Nettlebed Village Club
13 – FROME – Cooper Hall
14 – CAMBRIDGE – Junction
15 – MELLOR BROOK – Community Centre
17 – HORSHAM – The Capitol
18 – MILTON KEYNES – The Stables
19 – YORK – National Centre for Early Music
20 – LIVERPOOL – Philharmonic Hall
23 – INVERNESS – Eden Court
24 – KIRKWALL – The Sound Archive
25 – WICK – Lyth Arts Centre
More Info: www.siobhanmiller.com