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Simon Stevens : Avalon / Stepping Of The Train/ Hills of Albion -EP- (UK,2007)****
This three-track demo can also entirely be heard on myspace. The music has surely convinced me. Simon Stevens proves with his plainly expressed emotionality and clear song orientation as if dressed for live presentation - that blues expressions (“stepping of the train”), hints of psychedelica, and certain links to troubadour occasions (“hills of Albion”) can all go hand-in-hand ... and indeed expand his range of expression.
In an interview Simon said “See, folk music is normally seen as a British thing, a guy with a guitar and harmonica, or a lass singing solo or playing violin, you know that kind of jazz. But if folk music is about people, then it's everywhere. Take reggae for example, it's really just West Indian Folk music when you think about it. Or rap music is the music of Black street culture, or it used to be before they started singing about arses and diamonds".
The website shows campfires.
“Hills of Albion” is hypnotically loaded with mostly many acoustic instruments, and create a more mystic, psychedelic feeling. A name to remember.
