I'Anson (musician)
I'Anson | |
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 I'Anson in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hugh Carswell |
| Born | Gateshead, England |
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| Website | iansonmusic |
I'Anson, real name Hugh Carswell,[1] is a British musician.
Origins[edit]
Hugh Carswell was born in Gateshead and grew up in Rugby.[2] After an apprenticeship as an engineer and various jobs, he became director of London-based brand agency Park Avenue.[2] In 2007, he moved to the island of Jura, where he restored the family's cottage, the place in which he started to record his music.[2][3][4][1] His stage names comes from his grandfather, the writer and poet Hugh I'Anson Fausset.
In Chances of Light, I'Anson's debut album, was released on 4 November 2013 on the independent label Maker and distributed by Burning Shed.[5] I'Anson has defined the album's songs as "very much of Jura and about Jura".[2] The album has seen the collaboration, among others, of Steve Jansen and the Scottish Ensemble.[6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Smith, Emma Grace (24 May 2015). "Peek in Your Pad: I swapped London for the idyllic Jura holiday home of my childhood". Daily Record. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d Ranscombe, Peter; Blackburn, Angus (September 2014). "The music man" (PDF). Scottish Field: 91–98. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Brown, Annie (8 February 2014). "Businessman Hugh Carswell on how he left hectic London life to return to the Isle of Jura". Daily Record. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Moreton, Cole (17 October 2013). "Playing music has never been this easy". The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "I'Anson – In Chances Of Light". Discogs. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "i'Anson: In Chances of Light". The Wallbreakers. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
References[edit]
- Bruce, Keith (13 November 2013). "I'Anson in Chances of Light (Maker)". The Herald. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via HighBeam Research.
- "01/11/2013". The Janice Forsyth Show. 1 November 2013. BBC Radio Scotland.
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