Ruth Hazleton Daisywheel CD

DAISYWHEEL is also the name of the highly anticipated debut solo album from one of Australia’s most respected folk
singers, Ruth Hazleton. A multi-award-winning musician, singer and songwriter, Ruth has toured nationally and
internationally in a career spanning twenty-five years. Over this time, she has performed and recorded with iconic
musicians from all over the globe including Andy Irvine (IRE - Planxty), Nancy Kerr (UK – 2015 BBC Folk Singer of the
Year) and Bruce Molsky (USA).
Equipped with an electric guitar tuned to DADGAD and a 5-string banjo, Ruth Hazleton and producer Luke Plumb
have created a stunning and diverse sonic experience; a confluence and collision of past and present, ancient and
contemporary and a cross-cultural zeitgeist. A lyrical voyage of history, struggle & resilience in song, the album is in
itself a musical daisywheel.
Of the ten songs appearing on the album, four are original, five are traditional (English, American & Swedish in origin)
and one is a Henry Lawson poem Ruth composed the music for. The stories are varied, political and strident; whether
wrangling with matters of the heart, dealing with themes of injustice, conflict, displacement and defiance.
Musically, this album is very adventurous; incorporating all of the influences that have shaped Ruth’s musicianship
over the years and in many ways escapes strict boundaries of genre. There are flavours of Eastern European music,
Middle Eastern music, Celtic music, old-time American music, straight up rock & roll, folk rock, washes of electronic
programming and beats, ambience and a salute to one of Ruth’s great genre loves; British trip hop and downbeat.
DAISYWHEEL was engineered and produced by long-time friend and collaborator Luke Plumb (Shooglenifty, The
Circuit) and mixed/mastered in collaboration with Scottish engineer and producer Mattie Foulds (Karine Polwart,
Lau, Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson, Shooglenifty, Kathryn Tickell, The Unthanks and Bella Hardy).