Beneath Swooping Talons, by Laura Cannell

Beneath Swooping Talons

by Laura Cannell

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1.	All the Land Ablaze 04:15	buy track
2.	For Sorrow Salt Tears 06:12	buy track
3.	Deers Bark 04:39	buy track
4.	Be Not Afeard 04:56	buy track
5.	Two Winters 02:19	buy track
6.	Cathedral of the Marshes 06:23	buy track
7.	Conversing in s Dream 03:33	buy track
8.	Time Burns Falling Stars 04:52	buy track
9.	Cantiga 04:24	buy track
10.	Born From The Soil 03:50	buy track

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My second solo album moves over to Brawl Records from it's original label - Manchester based Front & Follow. Here is the original press release. It was released on 28th August 2015.

"Front and Follow present Beneath Swooping Talons, Laura Cannell’s follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut album Quick Sparrows Over the Black Earth.

With deconstructed bow and the extraordinary sound of double recorder, Beneath Swooping Talons has grown out of unearthed fragments that became improvised pieces, then immediately recorded in single takes. Tapping the potent rural landscape and long-dormant musical modes, this album encompasses both wild animal calls and long forgotten liturgical chords, which drawn through Laura’s music seem to originate from the same, ahistorical place.
With a background in traditional, early and experimental music, she creates a solitary minimalist chamber music, where one player makes all the harmonies.

Based in rural East Anglia, Laura Cannell’s work draws on the emotional influences of the landscape and the sometimes dissonant chords of early and medieval music. Since founding and touring with duo Horses Brawl a decade ago, Laura has established her practice as a solo musician with recorder and fiddle her primary instruments. Her first album Quick Sparrows over the Black Earth found an audience keen for more, and she has followed the release with a UK wide touring schedule that has included Royal Festival Hall, Supernormal Festival, Tusk Festival, The Cube Bristol, Café Oto, Cathedrals, churches and National Trust castles as well as interviews and airplay on BBC 6MUSIC, NTS Radio and many others.

Laura writes:
“We build our own traditions, music which feels like a home for our souls. A place we can be entirely ourselves, where we don’t have to think, just be and channel pure music without human interception, only in the physical need to express it with the instruments.”

Laura also performs in an experimental ¬fiddle duo with André Bosman (aka electronic musician Hoofus) and ‘Oscilanz’ with Ralph Cumbers (aka electronic artist and trombonist Bass Clef/Some Truths) and renowned drummer Charles Hayward (This Heat, About Group). She is also working on a new trio project with cellist Oliver Coates & Ralph Cumbers.

Getting up too early and seeing all the land ablaze with the easterly winter sunrise before the day is shrouded with grey in moments, leaving no trace. All the ghosts are lined up to soundtrack our thoughts which know no times or dates, only tones.
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Brawl Records is an independent UK label est. 2005. It is run by musicians Laura Cannell & Andre Bosman. Brawl's releases have been reviewed & featured in The Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, The Wire, The Quietus, MOJO, Songlines, Record Collector & more. They are regularly broadcast on BBC and internationally. ... more

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GODDESSES OF ICELORE

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HAUNTLORE

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A YEAR OF LORE SERIES 1 - All 12 EPs

Oct 2025
DREAMLORE

Oct 2025
THE VISIBLE LIGHT OF OTHER WORLDS

Sep 2025
A Compendium of Beasts Volume 4

Aug 2025
A Compendium of Beasts Volume 3

Jun 2025
LYRELYRELYRE

May 2025
Overgrown Skies

May 2025
A Compendium of Beasts Volume 2

Mar 2025
A Compendium of Beasts - Volume 1

Jan 2025
WINTERLORE

Dec 2024
A YEAR OF LORE - 12 tracks curated from 12 EPs

Dec 2024
FIRELORE

Nov 2024
WITCHLORE

Oct 2024
HARVESTLORE

Sep 2024
GHOSTLORE

Aug 2024
The Rituals of Hildegard Reimagined

Aug 2024
MAMMOTHLORE

Jul 2024
WOLFLORE

Jun 2024
RAVENLORE

May 2024
MOUNTAINLORE

Apr 2024
RIVERLORE

Mar 2024
EARTHLORE

Feb 2024
SEALORE

Jan 2024
Midwinter Processionals

Dec 2023
RAVENINGHAM SOUND WALK

Nov 2023
BOW & CREAK

Sep 2023
AMPLIFY THE PURRRSITIVE

Jul 2023
ECHOLOCATION: Resonate From Here

Jun 2023
Destruction Horizon

Apr 2023
NO SOUND IS LOST

Mar 2023
The Dovecote Sessions

Jan 2023
Re-print NEW CHRISTMAS RITUALS

Nov 2022
WE LONG TO BE HAUNTED

Sep 2022
UNLOCKING RITUALS

May 2022
Antiphony of the Trees

Mar 2022
DECEMBER SOUNDS

Dec 2021
NOVEMBER SOUNDS

Nov 2021
F E R A L - Autumn - OST to the short film by Daisy Black

Oct 2021
OCTOBER SOUNDS

Oct 2021
SEPTEMBER SOUNDS

Sep 2021
AUGUST SOUNDS

Aug 2021
JULY SOUNDS

Jul 2021
JUNE SOUNDS

Jun 2021
MAY SOUNDS

May 2021
APRIL SOUNDS

Apr 2021
March Sounds

Mar 2021
February Sounds

Feb 2021
January Sounds

Jan 2021
WINTER RITUALS EP

Dec 2020
THESE FERAL LANDS VOLUME 1

Nov 2020
Beneath Swooping Talons

Aug 2020
The Earth With Her Crowns

Jun 2020
BE ONE - The Tallest Tower

Feb 2020
SING AS THE CROW FLIES

Aug 2019
THE SKY UNTUNED

Apr 2019
Carmina Chromatico

Sep 2018
RECKONINGS

Jul 2018
HUNTER HUNTRESS HAWKER

Oct 2017
Simultaneous Flight Movement

Oct 2016
BLACK EARTH REMIXES

Jul 2014
Quick Sparrows Over the Black Earth

Jul 2014
Feathered Swing of the Raven

Sep 2012
Ruminantia

Apr 2012

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