Working for Zeus, by Salt House

Working for Zeus

by Salt House

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releases December 3, 2021

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1.	Working for Zeus
2.	Under the Same Moon 03:25	buy track
3.	The Day We Made a Wood
4.	Wood of Dreams
5.	Sawdust

about

Separated by the North Sea during the pandemic, as a band we were greatly missing the thing we love most - creating music in a room together. In the depths of winter we decided to try writing new songs together on zoom. It came with it's challenges and distractions -Ewan and Lauren grappling with mediocre broadband in the rural Highlands, Jenny disappearing off camera when she spotted orca out her window in Shetland. But most of all it kept us connected. Still unable to travel far in the spring, we sent our songs on the journey we couldn't physically - to musicians whose work we greatly admire. Their magic and the mixes of Andy Bell brought these songs to life; songs born out of strange days, a long winter, but ultimately from a complete necessity to create.
Salt House

credits

releases December 3, 2021

All tracks written and arranged by Salt House during winter 2020/2021 (Wood of Dreams verse lyrics - A.E Housman)

Recorded at home
Mixed by Andy Bell
Mastered by Dean Honer

Cover photo by Archie MacFarlane foto.scot
Design by Robin Beatty

Salt House are:
Ewan MacPherson - vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo
Jenny Sturgeon - vocals, guitar, keys, harmonium
Lauren MacColl - fiddle, viola, glockenspiel, vocals

with guests
Maija Kauhanen - kantele (Track 1)
Dean Honer - synths (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5)
Cahalen Morrison - 5-string banjo, vocals (Track 3)
Petter Frost Fadnes - saxophone (Track 4)
Olav Luksengård Mjelva - hardanger fiddle (Track 5)

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Salt House UK

Setting old words to new melodies, re-working ancient ballads or writing their own - Salt House marry all their musical strands with a deep understanding for the British song tradition and an empathy for a story. The trio of multi-instrumentalist Ewan MacPherson (Shooglenifty) and violist / fiddler Lauren MacColl (RANT) is completed with singer-songwriter Jenny Sturgeon. ... more

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shows

Oct 18

Traverse Theatre Bar

Edinburgh, UK
Oct 20

Glad Café

Glasgow, UK
Oct 21

Upwood Village Hall

Huntingdon, UK
Oct 23

Stage 2, The Stables

Milton Keynes, UK
Oct 27

Cecil Sharp House

London, UK
Oct 28

Firth Hall, University of Sheffield

Sheffield, UK
Oct 29

Thimblemill Library

Birmingham, UK
Oct 30

The Ropewalk

Barton-upon-humber, UK
Mar 16

Old King's Head

Belper, UK

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