"...this is a journey, a misadventurer's odyssey; it's vivid, it's elemental and the wounds are exposed. The road is pitted and merciless, stark and unyielding. The engrossing imagery will draw you in and repeated listening reveals new musical and lyrical nuances." (Nigel Johnson)
Be sure to go to Woodland Recordings, The Great Park for ongoing free live recordings...at bandcamp...
http://www.woodlandrecordings.com/thegr ... loads.html
The Great Park's
'We could have we should have we didn't'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CntdXBKc8BQ
The Coalman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0vK3Zb ... freload=10
I Do Wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDlI_c5kcg0
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE, from the album "Stitch". As usual there is thoughtful and beautiful art accompanying the video...watch it appear.
A brilliant ten minute journey...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV03vUoGhSo
THE GREAT PARK-Stephen Burch
''The Great Park is the music of Stephen Burch".
Stephen Burch was born in the south of England, but spent most of his early life traveling around before his family settled in rural Ireland. On their farm is an old abandoned cottage, nearly collapsed but with one room dry and warm enough to work in. It was here that he began making music under the name 'The Great Park' - with the idea of setting songs and music in a particular location of the imagination.
The first songs were written and recorded with a vintage acoustic guitar and the family's upright piano. Percussion was found in the sounds and textures of brooms, of pots and metal chains. The music grew influenced by the natural landscape and the stories and folk tradition common to southern Ireland. Images of fields, of farm houses, animals, pursuit and persecution abound - characters appear and reappear in different songs - dense journey songs - the unifying theme is that of grave drama and possiblity within 'The Great Park'.
Stephen is currently based in Berlin.''
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BIOGRAPHY from WoodlandRecordings.com
Stephen Burch is an English songwriter currently based in Germany.
He began making music whilst living on a remote farm in rural Ireland - using acoustic guitars, the family's piano, brooms and chains. His lyrical, narrative songs bear the influence of the fields of County Cork and the old streets of Berlin. Images of persecution abound, songs of urgent travel and a search for home - the unifying theme is that of grave drama within 'The Great Park'.
Stephen has played over 150 concerts each year for the past several years - touring Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Denmark and the UK. He has released over 12 albums on the DIY label Woodland Recordings, a compilation through the German label Timezone, has provided music for several films and his songs have been covered on releases by Liz Green, The Sons of Noel And Adrian, Thirty Pounds of Bone and others.
He likes rooms with echo, train journeys, trams and girls on bicycles.
