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The Edge of the Land

by Katie Spencer

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Mitch Wild
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Mitch Wild I first heard Katie Spencer on YouTube when she was featured on the For Bert Jansch playlist. Katie played her own song called Shannon Road. The lead break that she plays twice really got my attention. I became a fan instantly. Every track on this album is lovely. The whole listening experience is like a favourite film running through my head. I'm so glad that in my twilight years I discovered Katie. I wish her a long and succesful career in music. Favorite track: Shannon Road.
peterbax
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peterbax Katie Spencer is a big surprise for me. Absolut a awesome guitarplayer, she reminds me of Joan Baez.
Favorite track: Forevermore.
Sightsandsoundsoutdoors
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Sightsandsoundsoutdoors Was privileged to witness Katie LIVE recently at a small intimate gig where she created an enchanting atmosphere with her guitar mastery and deep, living songs. This is music which is just perfect for your soul! My fave track is forevermore. Pure class! Favorite track: Forevermore.
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1.
through the fingers of the dawn slips a new light, we’re children reborn take your time, take your time seasons come, people grow wounds heal, so deep below take your time, take your time show me now, what surrender brings peace and solitude, some wondering take your time, take your time i am free, just like you to make the choices, to be true take your time, take your time (dadfad, capo 2)
2.
rolls and rolls of barbed wire waves years and years of industry fades attack a shoreline, where a shipwreck once lay at the edge of the land decades of daily strife fisherman’s pride and head-scarved wives make for inspiring lives, for the city’s children at the edge of the land new wavelengths, ocean sensations the tide spins round and around once more departures, new arrivals culture, it breathes at the shoreline memories of people passed ideas flown and nets cast reaching out for what the future holds grab it tight and don’t let go at the edge of the land the passion fires of yesterday still burn bright and can’t be washed away by the salt tide that ebbs and sways shapes our land into what we see today at the edge of the land (dadead, capo 3)
3.
we are all tiny people full of love bigger than our hearts when the sun rises, it reminds me we are never truly apart silence on the hillside you know, it feels like night time but the birds sing, and the sun shines and it’s deserted down in the valley people with family sharing quiet stories at home leaves are forming all around us whispering that spring is around the bend a time for kindness and productivity a reminder that the shadows of stress will die silence on the hillside you know, it feels like night time but the birds still sing, and the sun shines and it’s deserted down in the valley people with family sharing quiet stories at home (dadfad, capo 3)
4.
Roads 04:06
and it all comes rolling back some of these memories have been kept hidden far off the beaten track on the roads in my mind i see you dancing in that confident way now i know, you were roaming around in your infinite circle of doubt and it all comes rolling back some of these memories have been kept hidden far off the beaten track on the roads in my mind i hear you laughing in that forgotten way now i know, it was all just a show (dgdgbd, capo 2)
5.
Bear's Tune 02:04
instrumental (dgdgbd, capo 2)
6.
Shannon Road 03:47
plain-clothes police are breathing down the necks of those who are creeping and i’m driving away from saturday night and i’m going past the top of your street again tonight and the streetlights, they flicker on and off on and off, on and off it’s the shannon road silent disco … someone’s burning his old wardrobe on the green and all the kids are laughing barefooted on the grass and the cold is coming in, it’s september again and the streetlights, they flicker on and off on and off, on and off it’s the shannon road silent disco … you’re not here anymore, you’re not here anymore and all the apples on the tree, in the garden that was yours are all falling to the floor because you’re not here anymore, you’re not here anymore and the streetlights, they still flicker on and off on and off, on and off (eadgbe, capo 2)
7.
Wormhole 03:24
you are like headlights in the darkest night uncovering the clearing sky like walking after rain or sleeping when you’re tired and i’ll shelter under the warmth of your love twelve hours of moonlight with the mist in the air and darkness brings midnight and it throws away my care with the morning comes sunrise and the wood pigeon’s call and i rise from my pillow and i climb out of the wormhole sadness is a teacher who we must come to know he lets us know where we can go like the wind that bites my cheeks or like the jasmine in the evening you make me strong, come the day twelve hours of moonlight with the mist in the air and darkness brings midnight and it throws away my care with the morning comes sunrise and the wood pigeon’s call and i rise from my pillow and i climb out of the wormhole (dgdgbd, capo 1)
8.
Go Your Way 05:24
drawing water from the well spilling over on the grass walking home my heart is filled with pain you go your way oh my love you go your way oh my love as i wander through the trees picking up the windy leaves i wonder where you will be sleeping now you go your way oh my love you go your way oh my love and i hope the west wind speeds your travel and the sun shines on your hair make believe that i am with you you go your way oh my love you go your way oh my love friends and strangers bring stories when asked where you have been magic stories they do tell to me you go your way oh my love you go your way oh my love and as i sit mending your clothes that you will never wear looking daily for you, i do prepare you go your way oh my love you go your way oh my love … (dadgad, capo 3)
9.
all my answers come to me in the night time, so softly sweet and gentle, as the snow falls so quietly all your answers come to me in the night time, so softly sweet and gentle, as the snow falls so quietly so quietly (dadfad, capo 2)
10.
Forevermore 03:42
tie me down, say what you will make it quick, i know it’ll hurt like hell it’s the fourth time we’ve been here before and i’m so close to closing the door forevermore, forevermore before you go, i wish you well with your travelling may the darkness turn to light within god only knows what’ll happen then you don’t know whether you’re coming or going forevermore, forevermore and i’m sending all of my love to you, oh and maybe then, when you open the door the sun will shine and fall on the floor and it won’t feel like it did before you’ll know what it means to be loved forevermore, forevermore so tie me down, say what you will make it quick, i know it’ll hurt like hell it’s the fourth time we’ve been here before but it won’t happen anymore (dadead, capo 4)

about

Raised in the East Yorkshire flatlands on the fringes of Hull, Katie Spencer’s landscape has always been that of open skies and widening rivers. Industry still shapes the city here. The people, as with the land, are moulded by tides and stark horizons. Stand in the same place for long enough and you can watch the sun rise over the North Sea and then sink into crop fields, glowing auburn in late-summer sun. It is this sense of space and movement that flows through Katie Spencer’s second album, The Edge of the Land.

The Edge of the Land follows her debut release, Weather Beaten (2019) which was praised for its unique song-craft, spell-binding musicianship and crystal sonic clarity. Delicate and un-rushed, the ten songs on The Edge of the Land drift by like ships on the horizon, yet intimacy and introspection still remain.

Recorded live in the studio and captured in just two days, The Edge of the Land sees the return of Tom Mason on double bass, with additional percussion and piano provided by Arran Ahmun and Spencer Cozens, musicians who developed their craft in the John Martyn band.

credits

released May 6, 2022

all songs written by katie spencer, except track 8 written by anne briggs
performed by:
katie spencer (guitars, vocals)
tom mason (double bass)
arran ahmun (drums)
nathan bray (flugelhorn)
spencer cozens (steinway piano, keyboards)
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recorded live over two days at steinway recording, fulbeck
produced by katie spencer and spencer cozens
engineered and mixed by spencer cozens
mastered by peter fletcher at black bay studio, outer hebrides

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Katie Spencer Hull, UK

"A world-class folk guitarist” – fRoots

Katie Spencer is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Yorkshire who writes songs imbued with the Northern landscapes of her home. Originally from Hull, East Yorkshire, the grainy imagery of the industrial docks and sea-fronts seep into her deeply personal songs of nostalgia, loss and love. ... more

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