tell it to a tree, by Stephen James Smith, Cursed Murphy, Basciville

tell it to a tree

by Stephen James Smith, Cursed Murphy, Basciville

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1.	Stephen James Smith, Basciville - Only for This 03:17	info	buy track
2.	Cursed Murphy, Basciville - The Secret Keeper 03:38	info	buy track
3.	Cursed Murphy, Basciville - The Old Poet 03:08	info	buy track
4.	Stephen James Smith, Basciville - Henrietta Street 03:50	info	buy track

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Listen to ‘tell it to a tree’ a collaborative EP featuring Cursed Murphy with accompanying music from Basciville.

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Kilmore roots-rock duo Basciville, plus two of the country’s foremost spoken word exponents, Stephen James Smith and Cursed Murphy, will release a collaborative EP, Tell It to A Tree, on all major digital platforms this coming Friday January 14th. Featuring four tracks scored by the Byrne brothers Cillian and Lorcan, the material ranges from the confessional (Smith’s ‘Only for This’, Murphy’s ‘The Old Poet’) to the wry (‘Henrietta Street’) and the atmospheric (‘The Secret Keeper’), the vocal performances underpinned by piano, acoustic guitar, double-bass and ghostly gospel vocal arrangements that echo Leonard Cohen, Gustavo Santaolalla and Nina Simone.

Initial sessions for the EP were recorded as part of Basciville’s residency in the National Opera House in Wexford in late summer 2021, and completed at the band’s Kilmore base in December. This release is the culmination of a journey that began when the four met in preparation for the 2020 SPLF Festival in Livorno, Italy, an engagement that proved one of the first casualties of Covid-19. Two years later all are resident in Wexford, but have vowed to one day honour that Italian job. Meanwhile they are preparing to film videos for two of the new tracks, supported by the Shorelines Festival. In addition, Cursed Murphy Versus the Resistance will mark the release with a special show featuring Basciville and Stephen James Smith as guests at the Jerome Hynes Theatre in the National Opera House, Wexford on Saturday, January 29.

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