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A Pocket Of Wind Resistance is the studio adaptation of Karine Polwart’s rave-reviewed ‘Wind Resistance’ show, which premiered at Edinburgh International Festival in 2016.
BBC RADIO 2 – FOLK ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2018 – NOMINEE
SONGLINES – Winner – Best Album 2017
THE SCOTTISH NEW MUSIC AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN NEW MUSIC 2018 – WINNER
SCOTTISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 – SHORTLIST
From the first note to the final, pulsing heartbeat, this is not merely an album of songs but a full 57-minute composite of music, field recording, song and spoken word. The results are devastatingly powerful…
Working with a subtle and highly imaginative sound designer, Pippa Murphy, and taking as her inspiration the miraculous teamwork of migrating geese, she has built a cycle of song, chant and spoken word that explores, in almost microscopic detail, how we all depend on each other.
Incorporating spoken word, song and sound design from composer Pippa Murphy she recounts sad local histories and draw connections between bird migration, childbirth and landscape … its blend of historical drama, ballad ghosts and philosophical memoir (geese, Polwart muses on Labouring and Resting, are “sky-born socialists”)is compelling, made as intimate as if it were in your own skull by Polwart’s warm, wise, attention-commanding voice.
