Blair Dunlop has released the video for his new single ‘Sweet On You’ (also our Song of the Day), taken from his critically acclaimed 4th album ‘Notes From An Island’. In his Folk Radio UK album review, David described the album as his most accomplished to date (read it here). Out now on Gilded Wings the video precedes his upcoming UK tour with Australian singer-songwriter Jack Carty, starting at Hull’s Kardomah94 on September 27th (complete dates below).
The single is in many ways a homage to all the music that has inspired Blair’s updated sound on ‘Notes From An Island’, in particular one artist (Ry Cooder) who gets special mention in the song, “Musically, there are references to 70s West Coast Americana: 12 string electric, open chords shapes, piano fills on a rock beat etc. Admittedly, more ‘contemporaries of Cooder’ than Cooder himself, but you get the picture.”
Notes from An Island Tour
27/09 – Kardomah94 – Hull
28/09 – Malt N Music – Moulton
02/10 – Robin2 – Wolverhampton
03/10 – Greystones – Sheffield
04/10 – Marine Theatre – Lyme Regis
05/10 – Black Market VIP – Hastings
06/10 – Courthouse, Otley
07/10 – Acapela Studio, Cardiff
11/10 – Hug & Pint, Glasgow
13/10 – St Cuthbert’s House
16/10 – Flowerpot Derby
17/10 – The Barn Winchester
18/10 – Cecil Sharp House
19/10 – Manchester Folk Festival
21/10 – Lichfield Folk Festival
27/10 – The Lock Keeper, Chester
28/10 – Henry Tudor House- Shrewsbury