MW Bewick 'Black Circles'

'MW Bewick: first solo EP release on Hard Graft recordings for Lake District lo-folk singer songwriter'

MW Bewick grew up on the western fringes of the Lake District and now lives in central London. Writing music he terms 'lo-folk', influences on his songwriting include artists as diverse as Mogwai, Mark Hollis (Talk Talk) and George Harrison, as well as luminaries from the late-1960s British folk revival such as John Martyn and Nick Drake.

This single is MW Bewick's first solo recording and follows the release of his Acertone side-project release in 2008. "I hope people like the new record," he says. "But I'm not really interested in having major success in the modern music industry, which is all about greed and commerce and margins. For me it's more about that traditional folk thing – the impulse to tell a story and have people hear it. That's what counts."

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