Downtown Train (Tom Waits) We’ve been working on a new arrangement of the Tom Waits classic, Downtown Train. We’re not going to rerecord it, just make it a bit more user-friendly for live performance. So meantime, here’s Claire’s delicate studio rendition from the Eight Days EP.
Recording completed We’ve just finished recording the final four tracks for our new album. We’re now on to final mixing and mastering before it goes on sale. Meantime, here’s our version of ‘Tears in Heaven’ (written by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings) featuring Iulian and Kate. Looking forward to performing…
Buying Time – Claire Ashton This is a beautiful song by Claire Ashton, written while she was with Hargreaves in 2010. The song was written soon after she first met her [now] husband, Bret. We performed it a couple of times but never got to record it. We’ve now (with…
Celebrating International Women’s Day On The Record We thought we’d offer up ‘On The Record’ as our contribution to the celebrations of International Women’s Day. Written by Marie, the lyrics are about three of the most influential American singer-songwriters. Enjoy!
Passionate Kisses (Lucinda Williams) Lucinda Williams doesn’t seem to be that well known in the UK, but she writes some corking songs. On the other hand, Mary Chapin-Carpenter is quite well known in the UK. She too writes great songs, but she chose to cover Lucinda Williams’ song ‘Passionate Kisses’…
Song of the week – Lonely (Claire Ashton & James Healey) This is a beautiful and heartfelt song created by the band’s founder James Healey and our first singer, Claire Ashton. We still perform it and it’s one of our favourites. When we recruited Marie and Kate we asked…
Song of the week – Eight Days (Claire Ashton) Eight Days was written by Claire Ashton and arranged by Chris. It was one of the key tracks on our second EP. Drums and engineering (and I think a bit of organ) by Dan Mizen of Warehouse Studios. The song…
Hi (Claire Ashton) Hi was written by Claire, and was introduced to the band shortly before we met her (now) husband Bret. The lyrics are pretty self-explanatory. Just a nice little love song (but apparently very demanding to sing). Lead vocals by Claire (double-tracked in 1+1 takes !) with…
Fix You (Coldplay) Kate played this Coldplay song when she first auditioned for Hargreaves. Iulian and I were stunned, and the song has been part of our plans ever since. Fix You will feature on our new album, due for release in spring 2018, and at most of our 2018…
On The Record (Honeyfield & Webb) This is the first song written by Marie (lyrics) and Chris (music/arrangement) and is going to be part of our forthcoming album (due out in the spring). The song celebrates some of the iconic female singers who have influenced Marie and inspired her to…
