Acoustic Alternative Folk Rock – Made in Bretagne – Inspired in Ireland
Callum Houston is one of our favourite artists and there’s not much we look forward to more than some new music from him this time accompanied by Alexandra Matiakh.
It’s generally recognised that their are six Celtic nations. Many though say their are more but here at this moment in time lets say their are six. They are split into two groups through their native language. The first is Brythonic which includes Breton, Cornish and Welsh and the other is the more northern countries, the Goedelic group that includes Irish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic and Manx. The Bretons in north-western France are descended from Celts who crossed over from Britain in the fifth century so they are most closely related to the Welsh and Cornish. One man who straddles both groups is the singer-songwriter Callum Houston. A native of Carrigaline, county Cork he can usually be found performing around his home near Lorient in Brittany. A prolific artist it was only March that he released the 7-track album Pub Poetry and already there’s more!
After returning home from a summer of collaborative concerts across Brittany with fellow Breton musician Alexandra Matiakh, they made a makeshift recording studio in the back of a Renault Master and put some of their experiences to music. With both coming from completely different musical backgrounds, mainly Punk, Folk and Metal the challenge was to create their own style of original post-apocalyptic acoustic music. It may be a bit too, dare I say it, beautiful for some of you but believe me many glasses were filled in the making of this song.
(A live version filmed on the Ile De Groix, an island in the Morbihan department of Brittany)
Don’t take me for a martyr
Nor a saviour, nor a saint
Though we sit at separate tables
We eat from the same plate
Fill up your glass
This one might just be our last
Sing me a song and I’ll try to play along
Don’t go searching for a saviour
Or prophecies of late
What’s put some ink to paper
Can burn within the grate
Fill up your glass
This one might just be our last
Sing me a song and I’ll try to play along
Fill up your glass
This one might just be our last
Between the lines
Take your words and I’ll take mine
(Recorded, mixed and mastered by Alexandra Matiakh)
Support independent DIY artists and musicians always. ‘Fill Up Your Glass’ is available below for download for only £1. You can also find Callum’s back catalogue there also.
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