  Born in London, Dave has been recording and touring since the mid 90s, sharing stages and bills with the likes of Glenn Tilbrook and Bert Jansch, who took the young artist under his wing and recorded and produced Dave's first album, NAVIGATOR. With a further two well-received studio albums, COMFORTABLE JUNCTION and AMERICAN REFRIGERATOR (which incidentally grabbed the attention of the legendary Willie Nelson), Dave has the potential to become one of the UK's finest ever singer/songwriters.
Dave's Red Kite debut is progressing well, but as with any project, a few new ideas crop up and the recording has stretched into August! As this goes to press, Dave is on his way back to the studio to continue what we think is an album that will have a big appeal to anyone who loves great words and melodies. The record now also has a name 'On The Waiting List', and below is an early press preview.
On The Waiting List
‘On The Waiting List’ is the fourth studio album from one of South London’s best kept secrets and one of the most, at least up to now, underrated singer songwriters in the UK, Dave Sutherland.
His first release on his new label, Red Kite Records, the new CD builds on the strong Americana-meets-South London feel of his last two albums, ‘Comfortable Junction’ from 1999 and the highly acclaimed ‘American Refrigerator’ from 2002. ‘On The Waiting List’ finds a fully matured artist in complete control of his melodic and lyrical powers. By turns, dark, humorous, witty and poignant, the album reveals Dave’s observations on issues such as the search for love, love gone wrong, domestic abuse, the vagaries of drink and drugs, and life after prison.
The album features the talents of long-standing friends from Dave’s live and studio work, Paul Furnace and Matt Percival, who provide guitar and bass respectively, while Toby Baron and Sweden’s Gunnar Frick, from Ray Davies’ touring band handle drums and percussion, and keyboards, pedal steel and accordion. Gunnar in particular brings some brilliant flourishes of colour to the album.
The album is another example of Red Kite’s ability to find the true sound and individual voice of the artists that they represent and record at their superb facility in the heart of rural Wales. The sound is clear, warm, organic and ‘real’, which puts the listener in the room with the musicians as they put the songs down. Slated for release in Spring 2008, ‘On The Waiting List’ will appeal to all lovers of style of classic Americana from artists such as John Prine, Steve Earle and John Hiatt.
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Gigs in 2007
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The Rochester Queen Cuxtonwith |
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Olivers Bar Greenwich |
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Bar Sonic Deptford |
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First Inn Last Out Hastings |
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