Joan Armatrading - Live at Asylum Chapel (Contains Signed Insert)

Product Information

As a creator that's what you do. You observe. You are present. You can see those things that would creep in and make a song. That's how it works.” British singer, songwriter, and guitarist born December 9, 1950 in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis in the West Indies. Armatrading moved with her family to Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, in 1957 and in the early 1970s, moved to London to perform in a repertory production of "Hair".

Consequences was announced on 5 May 2021 for release on 18 June 2021, with the lead single "Already There" being released the same day as the announcement. [4] An official video for the song was released on 20 May. [ citation needed] Critical reception [ edit ] I recently watched the new animated lyric video for “Natural Rhythm”. The animation is so vibrant, playful, and witty. I’d love to know about the concept behind the animation. Monroe, Jazz (5 May 2021). "Joan Armatrading Announces New Album Consequences, Shares Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021 . Retrieved 26 December 2021.

1 person was there

I wanted the last album, Not Too Far Away, to be more acoustic sounding so there’s a lot of acoustic guitars in it. It’s more of an emotional album if you like. One of the nicest things for me was I played Not Too Far Away to a few friends when it came out and they all cried. [laughs] I was so happy. I thought, Oh my goodness. You can’t get better than that. They’re all in tears! It was fantastic. That album seemed to have that effect on many many people. People are not going to be talking about Love & Affection, that came out in 1976, it is not going to have the success and longevity that it has had just because of me. In a video interview, you said how “Already There” was a way of talking about “love at first sight” in another way. I love the line “While you were falling in love, I was already there”. It’s so on point.

It sort of lends itself to vibrancy, doesn’t it? The record company thought that an animated lyric video would be good so they suggested the person who is the animator. They put forward one thing to me, but somebody that I know had shown me a video of their children dancing to the song. It just looked so fun, so I said to the record company and the animator, “Make it children dancing to the song”. That’s my only contribution. Everything else is them — the vibrancy — they got that. I had nothing to do with how the drawings were or anything. I just wanted it to be children dancing. The video for “Already There” was such a lovely way to introduce Consequences earlier this summer. I recognized the setting — Rivoli Ballroom in London. Baltin, Steve (6 July 2021). "Q&A: Joan Armatrading On 'Consequences,' Songwriting And More". Forbes . Retrieved 26 December 2021. I decided not to tour, to do any extensive touring after 2018, but when I did the album, I really liked the album and I thought it would be great to do a show, having the new songs, and do a show in the way that I do, which is old and new songs. I’m really glad I did it because we really had a great time. The reception for the concert has been great. Anybody who’s seen it has seemed to absolutely love it, so I’m hoping you were one of those! [laughs] I was looking at different places. Somebody suggested one place. I looked at it and I thought it’s alright but it actually looks quite cold. I just looked around for something that I thought was really atmospheric and I found Asylum Chapel. I thought that’s really good because it’s sort of run-down, but it’s run down in the best possible way. It’s got an incredible atmosphere.Owner of Bumpkin Studios, a purpose built recording facility in the grounds of her home, in Surrey, where she has recorded most of her albums since "Sleight of Hand". There's an element of fate and being in the right place at the right time,” she explains, ruminating on her success. Although her debut was release in 1972, her breakthrough came four years later with her self-titled album, which contained the hit Love & Affection.