Paul Stephenson - Mother Nature's Rules (2018/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Written by Paul Stephenson and arranged by Paul Gunter, these songs bring to mind a time when Simon & Garfunkel songs received regular air-play on the radio. Lyrics remind us to appreciate the life we've been given be grateful for people in our lives. "You might think that, having written the songs and made demos of the, rehearsed them and laid down the basic tracks, this album would be familiar territory for me. But, thanks to Gunter Pauler's arrangements, it's something of a magical mystery tour for me - and, I hope, for you too. Gunter always finds a new unexpected angle that I'd never have thought of.

"I'm feeling very lucky to be able to bring you this latest album in the company of such a troupe of fine musicians, produced with his usual finesse by Grammy nominee, Gunter Pauler. Thanks to them all, from the bottom of my heart." (Paul Stephenson)

"(Paul is) not only a very delicate and refined guitar stylist but also a genuine poet. (There is a) perfect harmony between the music and the lyrics." (Jean-Marie Pouchain)

"Intricate, finely crafted and sensitive to life's mutability, the songs are performed with understated passion and tenderness." (Keith Stimpson)

Tracklist:

01. Unexceptional Day
02. Crying Shame
03. Silence Is Deafening
04. Handfuls of Sand
05. You Played Julia
06. Till Kingdom Come
07. Like Irene
08. Only Lovers Understand
09. Yes I Do
10. The Mists of Pity Me
11. Patience of a Saint
12. The Long Haul
13. The Painter's Hand
14. When the Rain Begins to Fall

Personnel:

Paul Stephenson, vocals, guitar
Ian Melrose, guitars, mandola, flute
Lea Morris, backing vocals
Manfred Leuchter, accordion
Lutz Moller, keyboards
Oli Bott, marimba
Lucile Chaubard, cello
Antoine Putz, fretless & electric bass
Hans-Jorg Maucksch, fretless bass
Beo Brockhausen, flute, hang, keyboards, hulusi, udu, saxophone



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