Official release 6/August/2025 PURCHASE CDS AT: www.oob-records.com/shop or direct from artists! ‘My Treasured Land’ is a collection of songs and instrumental compositions that describe our lives in London over the last 5 Read more
Official release 6/August/2025
PURCHASE CDS AT: www.oob-records.com/shop or direct from artists!
‘My Treasured Land’ is a collection of songs and instrumental compositions that describe our lives in London over the last 5 years (including under ‘lockdown’ restrictions during Covid) and also evoke the idea of escape to a rural idyll (namely the Lake District and Suffolk in two of the songs on the album). Themes of entrapment (‘Birds Without Wings’, ‘The Gilded Cage’), environmental concern (‘Earthrise’) and wistful longing for a simpler, rural life (‘My Treasured Land’, ‘Home At Last’) sit alongside celebrations of municipal foresight (the planting of a cherry tree by Waltham Forest Council) and the innocence of childhood (‘Brand New World’, ‘That’s Not My Unicorn’). Stylistically varied, the album brings together different strands of the British folk tradition – Irish low whistles and flutes jostle up next to traditional English folk songs (‘Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy’, ‘Bold Riley’) – and fuses Celtic reels with American Bluegrass (‘Americana’) and Indian music (‘Brand New World’). The album was recorded in the tiny Cowshed Studio in North London on the hottest day of 2024; the oppressive heat and limited space in the studio (where cows had long since ceased to live) seemed apt for recording music that has as its themes the stifling nature of city life and dreams of pastoral bliss.
about the band:
Counter’s Creek is an acoustic folk band based in London who make original music inspired by the folk music of the British Isles and beyond. Jigs, reels, grooves from Eastern Europe & West Africa, songs with 4-part harmony, catchy melodies with closely interwoven harmonies allied to a real sense of swing and dance energy. The band play regularly in London (including supporting Diabel Cissokho, kora player from Senegal) and perform at festivals and many different venues around the UK including Sidmouth Folk Festival and BAAFest. To read the full biography,
Promotion/Media/Label: Kathy Keller info@oob-records.com
All rights reserved: © Counter’s Creek / OOB Records (2025)
PURCHASE CDS AT: www.oob-records.com/shop or direct from artists!
‘My Treasured Land’ is a collection of songs and instrumental compositions that describe our lives in London over the last 5 years (including under ‘lockdown’ restrictions during Covid) and also evoke the idea of escape to a rural idyll (namely the Lake District and Suffolk in two of the songs on the album). Themes of entrapment (‘Birds Without Wings’, ‘The Gilded Cage’), environmental concern (‘Earthrise’) and wistful longing for a simpler, rural life (‘My Treasured Land’, ‘Home At Last’) sit alongside celebrations of municipal foresight (the planting of a cherry tree by Waltham Forest Council) and the innocence of childhood (‘Brand New World’, ‘That’s Not My Unicorn’). Stylistically varied, the album brings together different strands of the British folk tradition – Irish low whistles and flutes jostle up next to traditional English folk songs (‘Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy’, ‘Bold Riley’) – and fuses Celtic reels with American Bluegrass (‘Americana’) and Indian music (‘Brand New World’). The album was recorded in the tiny Cowshed Studio in North London on the hottest day of 2024; the oppressive heat and limited space in the studio (where cows had long since ceased to live) seemed apt for recording music that has as its themes the stifling nature of city life and dreams of pastoral bliss.
about the band:
Counter’s Creek is an acoustic folk band based in London who make original music inspired by the folk music of the British Isles and beyond. Jigs, reels, grooves from Eastern Europe & West Africa, songs with 4-part harmony, catchy melodies with closely interwoven harmonies allied to a real sense of swing and dance energy. The band play regularly in London (including supporting Diabel Cissokho, kora player from Senegal) and perform at festivals and many different venues around the UK including Sidmouth Folk Festival and BAAFest. To read the full biography,
Promotion/Media/Label: Kathy Keller info@oob-records.com
All rights reserved: © Counter’s Creek / OOB Records (2025)
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The Gilded Cage 2:130:00/2:13
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Home At Last 3:440:00/3:44
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Americana 4:540:00/4:54
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