Search - David Rotheray :: Life of Birds

2010 solo album from the former Beautiful South guitarist. The seed for the album came about with the opening track and first single 'The Sparrow, The Thrush & The Nightingale', a laidback, upbeat melody with an instantly recognisable whistled refrain disguising an allegorical tale about greed. Deciding to enlist the services of respected Folk singer Jim Causley to add juxtaposing vigour to the seething, bilious lyrics, Rotheray hit upon the idea of expanding the metaphor to write an entire album with birds as its loose notional concept, and calling upon some of the UK's finest Folk singer/songwriters to flesh out the music he had written. The result is 14 superbly crafted songs that touch on some sensitive subjects with subtlety and grace.