“Laura Cannell is the Roland Rahsaan Kirk of neo-medieval music

…an outstanding set of neo-medieval music for fiddle and recorder from Norfolk based Laura Cannell. A collaborator with This Heat drummer Charles Hayward and Ralph ‘Bass Clef’ Cumbers, among others, Cannell is no academic revivalist, finding her individual voice through an open-minded compositional approach and innovative instrumental techniques. She often plays her fiddle with a deconstructed bow, placing the hair over the strings to create a droning chordal accompaniment to her beautiful edge-of-the-world melodies. Recalling the jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Rahsaan Kirk, whose signature technique was the playing of several horns at once, Cannell reconstructs the music of 12th century mystic Hildegard Von Bingen on double recorders, her left hand weaving an alto counterpoint around the right hand melody. A magical set which deftly captures the ancient-modern spirit of Tusk.”

TUSK Festival live Review – THE QUIETUS October 2014

The lovely folks at Kit Records asked me to put together a mix of my favourite music…

“We are very proud to present this guest mix from our favourite experimental violinist and electronic music lover, Laura Cannell! Laura’s work spans several eras, as she rearticulates ancient songs in evocative settings, while maintaining a love for groundbreaking contemporary music. This is exactly the kind of frontierless mix we hoped for when starting the series.”

CLICK HERE to listen to the mix and read about why these are some of my favourite tracks

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Digital album featuring remixes by
Bass Clef | Luke Abbott | Hoofus | Kemper Norton | Ekoplekz | Hacker Farm

Following the release of ‘Quick Sparrows Over the Black Earth’, the debut solo album from Laura Cannell (7.7.14), Brawl Records is very pleased to be releasing this exclusive digital only album by some of the most exciting and eclectic electronic music producers and performers in the UK today.

Laura takes fragments of music from 5^th – 14^th centuries and explores the spaces between experimental, medieval and improvised music, performing on Overbowed Fiddle and Double-Barelled Recorders.