Rory McLeod (singer-songwriter)
Rory McLeod (born 1957 London, England) is a British folk singer-songwriter.[1] His career has included being a fire eater and circus clown[2] and his performances include storytelling in the tradition of the traveling minstrel or troubadour, and playing a wide range of instruments including guitar, harmonica, trombone and his personally-made stomp box. Womad have said: "With Rory McLeod, you get the music of the world in one suitcase.[...] You can hear flamenco, calypso, blues and Celtic influences in his music, all wrapped together in an inimitable style".[3] He has recorded and toured with (then) fellow Cooking Vinyl artist Michelle Shocked.[3][4]
He also performed on Puddle Dive, the 1993 album by fellow singer-songwriter, Ani DiFranco. In 1996, McLeod's song Invoking the Spirits, which was inspired by time he spent in Zimbabwe, was a BBC Radio 4 "pick of the week".[4] McLeod played the theme tune for the TV animation series, Creature Comforts.[5] Martin Newell has described McLeod as "a feral folk musician of enormous talent",[6] and writing in The Guardian Robin Denselow called him a "rousing harmonica player and guitarist".[7]
In 2002, McLeod was the winner of the Best Live Act title at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.[8]
Discography
- Albums
- Swings and Roundabouts (2010)
- Songs for Big Little People (2007)
- Brave Faces (2005)
- Mouth to Mouth (2000)
- Lullabies for Big Babies (1997)
- Travelling Home (1992)
- Footsteps and Heartbeats (1989)
- Woody Lives! with Bert Jansch, Dick Gaughan, Rab Noakes, Rod Clements and Ray Jackson (1987)
- Kicking The Sawdust (1986)
- Angry Love (1985)
- Contributing artist
References
- ↑ NME.com
- ↑ Harris, Craig. "Artist Biography by Craig Harris". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- 1 2 "Rory McLeod". WOMAD. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- 1 2 Harris, Craig. "Artist Biography: Rory McLeod". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ↑ "Rory McLeod / bio". Reverbnation. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ↑ Newell, Martin (4 July 2016). "Martin Newell's Joy of Essex - Will Latitude be as muddy as Glastonbury?". East Anglian Daily Times. Ipswich. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ Denselow, Robin (20 June 2011). "Celebrating Sanctuary festival - review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ "Folk honours its heroes". BBC News Online. 11 February 2002. Retrieved 5 October 2016.