It’s Release Day! My new solo album MIDWINTER PROCESSIONALS is OUT NOW!

“The seasonal soundtrack we’ve been craving, ‘Midwinter Processionals’ is another studied mélange of ancient and hypermodern sounds from the peerless Laura Cannell” Boomkat Review

“Internationally acclaimed musician Laura Cannell releases a 30 minute Overbow Violin recording inspired by the 1000 year long composition Longplayer by Jem Finer (Artist, Composer and one of the founders of The Pogues). BOW & CREAK was recorded in a single take at Cannell’s Suffolk studio and the name was inspired by the corner of the Thames where the snaking tidal river meets one of London’s oldest navigational waterways in the country, Bow Creek, this is where Finer’s Longplayer has been installed since 31 December 1999, playing without repetition. 

Cannell used a snapshot of Finer’s ever changing Longplayer score to create a longform violin track. Circular bowing motions on her violin are made with a deconstructed bass viol bow to play polyphonic chords, and improvised melodic passages are re-iterated with asymmetric repetitions which are combined with ancient tune fragments and the ghosts medieval and renaissance ornamentation. Captivated by the upturned bell sounds of the Longplayer singing bowls, Cannell used fragments of structure, fragments of note shapes and the circulatory image of Jem Finer’s original score to create a mini violin response to Longplayer.” 

“The music on Echolocation is tied together by a powerful sense of landscape and place. It is meditative and thoughtful, often drifting into a dreamlike state.”
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“Created in collaboration with like minds… the results are wonderful… dive in and let this inhabit your home.”
THE WIRE Magazine JULY 2023

ECHOLOCATION: Resonate From Here – Various Artists
Out on 30.6.23. (Brawl Records)
A mix of duos, remixes and re-workings by an incredible array of artists all using as a starting point new material by Laura Cannell. 

The 12 track album is of no fixed genre, the artists are at the core, and the thread is Cannell’s music. Alongside Laura Cannell it features an incredible line up of UK, USA and Ireland based musicians: 

Gazelle Twin, Kathryn Tickell OBE, Lori Goldston (Earth/Nirvana), Nik Colk Void (Factory Floor/Carter/Tutti/Void), Rakhi Singh (Manchester Collective/Vessel) and Kate Ellis (Crash Ensemble & currently touring with Bono).

Echolocation: Resonate From Here comes out on 30th June 2023. Ltd Edition CD and Downloads available from www.brawlrecords.co.uk and on all streaming and DL platforms.