Grant Campbell (musician)
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Grant Campbell is a Scottish singer-songwriter, born in Glasgow in 1979. He began playing in various bands when he was 16 and went on to pursue a solo career in his early twenties. He has so far released seven full length albums as well as an EP. {{Cite web |title=Grant Campbell |url=https://grantcampbell.bandcamp.com/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Grant Campbell |language=en}}
Career
He has supported many different acts including Odetta, Mary Gauthier, The Handsome Family, John Hammond, James Blood Ulmer, Michael Hurley, Diana Jones and Micah P Hinson amongst many others.
His debut album Postcards from Nowhere was recorded at home on a four track with Campbell recording and performing all the music. It was released in the summer of 2005 on a small local independent label, Crooked Mouth Records, to critical acclaim which included an "Album of the Week" in The Sunday Times.{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article566347.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615102527/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article566347.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2011|title=Home Page – The TLS|website=TheTLS}} The album was likened to Springsteen's classic Nebraska album{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/grant-campbell-the-spark-crooked-mouth-records.24280130|title=Grant Campbell The Spark (Crooked Mouth Records)|website=HeraldScotland}} with its rustic feel and rough vocals.
His second album Beyond Below was released in November 2007 on Crooked Mouth Records.
In 2008, Campbell recorded a version of the old lullaby "All the Pretty Little Horses" for the film The Burrowers{{cite web|url=http://news.moviefone.com/2010/04/19/listen-to-this-all-the-pretty-little-horses/|title=Listen to This|publisher=|access-date=26 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120106/http://news.moviefone.com/2010/04/19/listen-to-this-all-the-pretty-little-horses/|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}} which was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Expecting Great Things, his third album was released on 6 April 2009. The majority of the album was recorded in one afternoon at home in Glasgow. As with the previous two albums Campbell wrote, recorded and performed all the tracks himself. On 4 October 2009, A Brief History of Things to Come, a sampler album which featured eight tracks taken from Campbell's first three albums was released in the Netherlands. This release coincides with a theater tour throughout the Netherlands.
Fixing the Shadows, Campbell's fourth album was released on 22 April 2013. It was recorded at Glo Worm Studios in Glasgow with Iain Hutchison. His fifth album [https://grantcampbell.co.uk/releases/the-spark-2/ The Spark] was released in 2014.
A sixth album ‘I Was Taught How to Win, but I Learned How to Lose’ was released in 2020.
On 6th December 2024 ‘Apollo Wept’ was released which was written and recorded during the pandemic. It was followed a week later by the release of a four track EP ‘A Million Miles Away’.
References
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External links
- [http://www.grantcampbell.co.uk/ Campbell's homepage]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402172209/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/article148063.ece Grant Campbell: Postcards From Nowhere]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121306/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/article78330.ece Grant Campbell: Beyond Below])
- [http://www.heraldscotland.com/mindy-smith-and-grant-campbell-oran-mor-glasgow-1.873478 Glasgow Herald]
- [https://www.list.co.uk/article/5992-grant-campbell-beyond-below/ The List]
- [http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/music/grant-campbell-beyond-below-1-1431078 '˜Â£3 million scandal' of lost First World War airfield]
- [http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/grant-campbell-the-spark-crooked-mouth-records.24280130 Grant Campbell The Spark (Crooked Mouth Records)] *[http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/grant-campbell-beyond-below Grant Campbell – Beyond Below | The Skinny]
- [http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/grant-campbell-expecting-great-things Grant Campbell – Expecting Great Things | The Skinny].
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