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Carus Thompson

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Beschreibung

Carus Thompson, der Australische Singer.-Songwriter, hat während seiner letzten England-Tournee die Gelegenheit genutzt ein neues Album zu produzieren. Dazu ist er in den Süd-Westen von England zu dem mit dem Mercury nominierten Producer Sean Lakeman gegangen. Der Albumtitel geht auf die Wurzeln von Carus´Familie zurück. Auf der Shakespeare Avenue in Bath, Somerset lebte sein Großvater bis dieser nach Australien auswanderte. Jetzt ging die Reise umgekehrt: Carus nahm seine ganze Familie mit nach Dartmoor zu seinem Freund Seth Lakeman um dort die Songs für das Album zu schreiben und zu produzieren. Dartmoor hat Carus ganz klar zu einem neuen Denkansatz, der intensiver seinen Folkwurzeln herausformt, inspiriert,. Das Album verflechtet politische wie soziale Themen mit persönlichen und sehr menschlichen Geschichten. Thompson erklärt, “Some of the characters are real (there’s a song about Dylan Voller, as well as a historical narrative about West Australian Indigenous leader, Yagan), while some are fictional (‘Avondale Heights To Sunshine’ deals with a suburban dad trying to leave the neighbourhood and it’s traps that he was born into).

Die schöne Verbindung zu dem Lakeman Clan, dazu der Umzug nach England, hat sich ausgezahlt und ist unbestreitbar Thompson’s bisher beste Platte.Ein besonderes Album!

 

The Austrailian singer/songwriter Carus Thompson flew to England to record his seventh studio album together with producer and multi-instrumentalist Sean Lakeman. Kathryn Roberst sang along while Seth Lakeman played the violin, viola and electric tenorguitar. I’ve had a weak spot for Seth Lakeman ever since I saw him perform at Folkwoods a few years ago before getting into a conversation with him – according to me, you rarely come across a nicer and more modest folk hero. So if he’s playing somewhere he immediately gets my attention, and this time that was especially justified, because Seth was additionally involved in writing the song ‚Land’s End‘ – it was not him just playing along – there was clear commitment, and you could hear that.

Thompson’s songs are good, political and socially relevant; he does not avoid topics such as violence against women. The lyrics are sometimes passionate and heavy, but Thompson sings them calmly and steadily. As a result you do not immediately realise that he is singing about difficult topics in the first place. Maybe that is his strength, because if you start listening you do start to feel the lyrics, and that is what it is all about. A special album.