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Multi-award winning songwriter and musician, theatre maker and published writer Karine Polwart – six-time winner at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, including 2018 Folk Singer of The Year – released new album, Laws of Motion on Hudson Records back in the slightly lighter days of 2018. Karine’s seventh release, Laws of Motion was the follow-up to 2017’s much-praised A Pocket of Wind Resistance, which earned Karine & co-writer Pippa Murphy a New Music Scotland Award, alongside nominations for the 2018 Scottish Album Of The Year & Radio 2 Folk Album Of The Year. Laws Of Motion was recorded alongside long-term collaborators Inge Thomson (accordion, percussion, synths & vocals) and brother Steven Polwart (guitars & vocals).
A Pocket Of Wind Resistance used the migratory habits of geese to crack open universally human societal & ecological issues. Across Laws of Motion, Karine continues to coalesce the familial and the familiar alongside the unsettling and the unknown, driven as ever by her gift for empathy and accessibility. Subject matter as disparate as Trump, WW2 & holocaust survivors are drawn together by the laws of the album’s title alongside the experiences of migrants and allegorical folk & children’s stories. Speaking about the broad focus of the album (which includes co-writes with Lau’s Martin Green), Karine says; “I didn’t set out to write songs on a unified theme – they’ve just landed that way. Perhaps that’s no surprise, given the times we’re in.”
Join us to listen to ’Laws of Motion’ in its entirety on Sunday morning with commentary and insights from Karine, Steven and Inge. Join Karine online to chat and discuss the album throughout the listening club, say hello in the comments area. You can watch the live stream on Hudson Records and Folk Radio’s Facebook pages or Hudson Records YouTube, subscribe, like and follow to receive a notification just before the broadcast.
Streaming Links:
Hudson Records YouTube Channel | Hudson Records Facebook
You can see the previous Listening Clubs from Sam Sweeney, Salt House, Rowan Rheingans, The Lost Words Spells Songs & Jon Boden here – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPaOuwxBK4LSEa2SmBp4S2GEkhyqSFUTi