Goldfinch by David Leonard Briggs
GOLDFINCH is Briggs's second album, following a long hiatus in which he built a name as a poet in the UK, publishing four collections with Salt Publishing. Returning to work as a recording artist, Briggs builds these new songs on the firm foundations of his storytelling nous and word-smithery, but this is also a richly musical project from a deft guitarist, mellifluous singer, and intuitive instrumentalist. The songs were written in Brittany and Somerset. They were recorded and mixed in Briggs's home studio in Somerset.
David Leonard Briggs blends influences from English folk with country blues and modern Americana to produce plangent songs of loss and of love.
Tracklist
| 1. | Own Kind of Light | 3:56 |
| 2. | Octopus | 3:50 |
| 3. | Darragh | 2:56 |
| 4. | Reunion Bell | 4:50 |
| 5. | Good Wine | 3:58 |
| 6. | Last of the Great Romantics | 3:14 |
| 7. | Five Daughters | 4:03 |
| 8. | Sooner Or Later | 3:36 |
| 9. | Cruel Winds | 5:22 |
| 10. | Goldfinch | 4:18 |
Credits
Written, produced, played, sung, recorded and mixed by David Leonard Briggs.
Mastered by Tom S. Ray at Audio Unity, Glasgow.
Cover image: detail from an original painting by Jane Briggs (oil on canvas)
License
All rights reserved.
A mellifluous singer, songwriter, and musician, Briggs is also a widely-published English poet who crafts intelligent songs set in a folk and country-blues style and in all manner of psychological terrains.