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'''Hatful of Rain''', an [[acoustic music]] group from [[Brighton]] and [[Shoreham-by-Sea]], [[Sussex]], England,<ref name="Argus"/> perform original material<ref name="Wilkinson"/> that combines English folk sounds with harmony singing<ref name="Wilkinson"/> and American [[bluegrass music]].<ref name="Bearded">{{cite news | url=http://www.spiralearth.co.uk/news/story.asp?nid=6254 | title=Hatful Of Rain – Way Up On The Hill (Union Music Store) | work=Bearded | date=5 July 2012 | accessdate=2 April 2014 | author=Miller, Norman}}</ref><ref name="Wilkinson">{{cite web | url=http://www.allanwilkinson.co.uk/node/2372 | title=Album Review: Hatful of Rain – Way Up On The Hill (Union Music Store) | publisher=Northern Sky | work=Music news | date=21 July 2012 | accessdate=2 April 2014 | author=Wilkinson, Allan}}</ref><ref name="Spiral">{{cite news | url=http://www.spiralearth.co.uk/news/story.asp?nid=6254 | title=Hatful of Rain: 'Way Up On The Hill' | work=[[Spiral Earth]] | date=4 June 2012 | accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref> Critically acclaimed,<ref name="Bearded"/><ref name="Wilkinson"/><ref name="Spiral"/><ref name="Harris"/><ref name="Price"> Reviewer Steve Price describes the group as "gifted", giving "impressively polished performances" and having a "confidently beautiful sound" with, in Chloe Overton, a "captivating lead voice". {{cite web | url=http://www.yourtwickenham.com/whats-on-in-twickenham-at-twickfolk-in-march-and-april/ | title=What’s on in Twickenham at Twickfolk in March and April | work=Your Twickenham | date=12 March 2014 | accessdate=2 April 2014 | author=Price, Steve}}</ref>, the band came to the attention of broadcaster [[Mike Harding]], who played their music on his [[BBC Radio 2]] show.<ref name="Harding">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hpzzx | title=Music Played | publisher=[[BBC Radio 2]] | work=Mike Harding 23/05/2012 | date=23 May 2012 | accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref> The band also performed live on [[BBC Radio 2]]'s ''[[Bob Harris (radio)| Bob Harris]] Sunday'' programme on 24 March 2013.<ref name="Harris">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rcl9p | title=Hatful of Rain play live | publisher=[[BBC]] | work=[[Bob Harris (radio)| Bob Harris]] Sunday | date=24 March 2013 | accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref>
'''Hatful of Rain''', an [[acoustic music]] group from [[Brighton]] and [[Shoreham-by-Sea]], [[Sussex]], England,<ref name="Argus"/> perform original material<ref name="Wilkinson"/> that combines English folk sounds with harmony singing<ref name="Wilkinson"/> and American [[bluegrass music]].<ref name="Bearded">{{cite news | url=http://www.spiralearth.co.uk/news/story.asp?nid=6254 | title=Hatful Of Rain – Way Up On The Hill (Union Music Store) | work=Bearded | date=5 July 2012 | accessdate=2 April 2014 | author=Miller, Norman}}</ref><ref name="Wilkinson">{{cite web | url=http://www.allanwilkinson.co.uk/node/2372 | title=Album Review: Hatful of Rain – Way Up On The Hill (Union Music Store) | publisher=Northern Sky | work=Music news | date=21 July 2012 | accessdate=2 April 2014 | author=Wilkinson, Allan}}</ref><ref name="Spiral">{{cite news | url=http://www.spiralearth.co.uk/news/story.asp?nid=6254 | title=Hatful of Rain: 'Way Up On The Hill' | work=[[Spiral Earth]] | date=4 June 2012 | accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref> Critically acclaimed,<ref name="Bearded"/><ref name="Wilkinson"/><ref name="Spiral"/><ref name="Harris"/><ref name="Price"> Reviewer Steve Price describes the group as "gifted", giving "impressively polished performances" and having a "confidently beautiful sound" with, in Chloe Overton, a "captivating lead voice". {{cite web | url=http://www.yourtwickenham.com/whats-on-in-twickenham-at-twickfolk-in-march-and-april/ | title=What’s on in Twickenham at Twickfolk in March and April | work=Your Twickenham | date=12 March 2014 | accessdate=2 April 2014 | author=Price, Steve}}</ref>, the band came to the attention of broadcaster [[Mike Harding]], who played their music on his [[BBC Radio 2]] show.<ref name="Harding">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hpzzx | title=Music Played | publisher=[[BBC Radio 2]] | work=Mike Harding 23/05/2012 | date=23 May 2012 | accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref> The band also performed live on [[BBC Radio 2]]'s ''[[Bob Harris (radio)| Bob Harris]] Sunday'' programme on 24 March 2013.<ref name="Harris">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rcl9p | title=Hatful of Rain play live | publisher=[[BBC]] | work=[[Bob Harris (radio)| Bob Harris]] Sunday | date=24 March 2013 | accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref>

==Origins==
[[Mandolin]] player Fred Gregory (who is also with the group Porchlight Smoker),<ref name="Porchlight Smoker">{{cite web | url=http://www.porchlightsmoker.com/#!about/c10fk | title=About | publisher=Porchlight Smoker | accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref> vocalist Chloe Overton and banjo/bass player Phil Jones first performed together at a 2010 South Coast folk festival, and were later joined by violinist James Shenton who has played with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] and the [[Balanescu Quartet]].<ref name="Bearded"/>


==Recording history==
==Recording history==
Their debut album, ''Way Up on the Hill'',<ref name="Bearded"/> was released on 30 May 2012. Actress [[Amanda Abbington]] performed in the official video that accompanied the release of ''The Exit Song'', a single from the album. The video was directed by Jamie Freeman (brother of actor [[Martin Freeman]])<ref name="Hartley">{{cite web | url=http://theglamourcave.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/hatful-of-rain-and-hobbit-himself.html | title=Hatful of Rain and The Hobbit himself, Martin Freeman | work=Emma Hartley's Glamour Cave | date=30 April 2013 | accessdate=2 April 2014 | author=Hartley, Emma}}</ref> and Stevie Freeman,<ref name="Exit Song"/> who run the Union Music store in [[Lewes]], [[East Sussex]].<ref name="Rogers">{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/24/best-independent-record-shops-britain | title=Independent record shops: 10 of the best in Britain | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=24 March 2013 | accessdate=2 April 2014 | author=[[Jude Rogers|Rogers, Jude]]}}</ref>
Their debut album, ''Way Up on the Hill'',<ref name="Bearded"/> was released on 30 May 2012. Actress [[Amanda Abbington]] performed in the official video that accompanied the release of ''The Exit Song'', a single from the album.<ref name="Argus"/> The video was directed by Jamie Freeman (brother of actor [[Martin Freeman]])<ref name="Hartley">{{cite web | url=http://theglamourcave.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/hatful-of-rain-and-hobbit-himself.html | title=Hatful of Rain and The Hobbit himself, Martin Freeman | work=Emma Hartley's Glamour Cave | date=30 April 2013 | accessdate=2 April 2014 | author=Hartley, Emma}}</ref> and Stevie Freeman,<ref name="Exit Song"/> who run the Union Music store in [[Lewes]], [[East Sussex]].<ref name="Rogers">{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/24/best-independent-record-shops-britain | title=Independent record shops: 10 of the best in Britain | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=24 March 2013 | accessdate=2 April 2014 | author=[[Jude Rogers|Rogers, Jude]]}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
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Hatful of Rain
OriginBrighton and Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England[1]
GenresBluegrass music and acoustic folk
Years active2010–present[2]
LabelsUnion Music Store
MembersFred Gregory – guitar, mandolin, vocals; Phil Jones – double bass, vocals, clawhammer banjo; Chloe Overton – vocals, guitars, mandolin; James Shenton – fiddle, piano
Websitehttp://www.hatfulofrain.co.uk/

Hatful of Rain, an acoustic music group from Brighton and Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England,[1] perform original material[3] that combines English folk sounds with harmony singing[3] and American bluegrass music.[2][3][4] Critically acclaimed,[2][3][4][5][6], the band came to the attention of broadcaster Mike Harding, who played their music on his BBC Radio 2 show.[7] The band also performed live on BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris Sunday programme on 24 March 2013.[5]

Origins

Mandolin player Fred Gregory (who is also with the group Porchlight Smoker),[8] vocalist Chloe Overton and banjo/bass player Phil Jones first performed together at a 2010 South Coast folk festival, and were later joined by violinist James Shenton who has played with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Balanescu Quartet.[2]

Recording history

Their debut album, Way Up on the Hill,[2] was released on 30 May 2012. Actress Amanda Abbington performed in the official video that accompanied the release of The Exit Song, a single from the album.[1] The video was directed by Jamie Freeman (brother of actor Martin Freeman)[9] and Stevie Freeman,[10] who run the Union Music store in Lewes, East Sussex.[11]

Discography

Album Release date Label
Way Up on the Hill 30 May 2012 Union Music Store (UMS003)
Single Release date Label
The Exit Song (digital download) 23 July 2012[10] Union Music Store

Personal life

Chloe Overton, the band's singer and lyricist, works as a midwife.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hatful Of Rain". The Argus. Brighton. June 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e Miller, Norman (5 July 2012). "Hatful Of Rain – Way Up On The Hill (Union Music Store)". Bearded. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d Wilkinson, Allan (21 July 2012). "Album Review: Hatful of Rain – Way Up On The Hill (Union Music Store)". Music news. Northern Sky. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Hatful of Rain: 'Way Up On The Hill'". Spiral Earth. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Hatful of Rain play live". Bob Harris Sunday. BBC. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  6. ^ Reviewer Steve Price describes the group as "gifted", giving "impressively polished performances" and having a "confidently beautiful sound" with, in Chloe Overton, a "captivating lead voice". Price, Steve (12 March 2014). "What's on in Twickenham at Twickfolk in March and April". Your Twickenham. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Music Played". Mike Harding 23/05/2012. BBC Radio 2. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  8. ^ "About". Porchlight Smoker. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  9. ^ a b Hartley, Emma (30 April 2013). "Hatful of Rain and The Hobbit himself, Martin Freeman". Emma Hartley's Glamour Cave. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Hatful Of Rain – The Exit Song OFFICIAL". Union Music Store. Shelby TV. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  11. ^ Rogers, Jude (24 March 2013). "Independent record shops: 10 of the best in Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2014.


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