Clayhill
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| Clayhill | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genre(s) | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, guitarist |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Website | www.clayhillmusic.co.uk |
Clayhill are a British 3-piece folk band comprising of long-time Beth Orton collaborators Ali Friend and Ted Barnes, and vocalist Gavin Clark. They released their debut album, Small Circle in 2004, and have released 2 E.P.s and a further L.P. Mine at Last in 2006. Throughout the summer of 2006 they toured with Mercury Music Prize winners Gomez and Beth Orton, as the support act on both her UK and US tours to promote Comfort of Strangers.
In 2004, they appeared in the special Christmas concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London as one of Aqualung's special guests. In the same year their song 'Afterlight' was used in the soundtrack of acclaimed thriller Dead Man's Shoes. Their cover of The Smiths' Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want is featured on This is England, also directed by Shane Meadows.
Gavin Clark, singer of Clayhill is featured on UNKLE's War Stories Album. He sings the track "Keys to the Kingdom" and "Broken".
In 2005 Clayhill recorded a version of Tim Buckley's "The River" for the tribute album Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim and Jeff Buckley.
[edit] Discography
Cuban Green (2004)
- Small Circle (2004)
- Acoustic (2005)
- Mine At Last (2006)
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