Music News - Helen Henderson dusts off 'London' recordings for first ever release
08 July 2016 - 0 Comments
Kiwi born L.A. based singer/songwriter Helen Henderson is pleased to announce the release of London – a collection of beautifully crafted, honest folk/rock offerings penned and recorded in London in the 70’s, capturing the special time and energy of a bygone era.
Arriving in London as
a young woman with just fifty pounds in her pocket and relying on the kindness
of ex-pat NZ friends, Henderson was introduced to Nigel Grainge who
signed her to Ensign
Records – home to The
Boomtown Rats, The Water Boys and Sinead O’Connor.
With the help of some of London’s top session musicians, Henderson recorded a
selection of songs at Advision
Studios, the home of many a hit record. These tracks captured
the attention of Geffen
Records in Los Angeles. The only artist signed to Geffen’s new
label at that time was John
Lennon. Henderson flew to LA in November 1980 to meet with
Geffen, only to be stalled and deeply shocked by the death of John Lennon on
December 8th.
Henderson recalls, “Rock and roll suffered a huge blow. Nothing would ever be
the same. My world turned upside down. As the dust settled I put down roots in
LA.”
Henderson rewrote ‘River’and ‘Chameleon
Woman’ in LA and rerecorded them plus ‘Anyone’s Baby’ atPhantom Vox Studiosin Hollywood with such esteemed LA musicians as friend and guitarist Doug Pettibone.
“It was challenging but gratifying to revisit the songs here in LA and breathe
new life into them”, says Henderson.
The songs on London have
a pure, uncontrived quality and conjure the likes of Sandy Denny, Sharon O’Neill and Chrissie Hynde.
London is
now available for purchase on CD Baby and all good digital outlets.
Physical copies are available from Bandcamp.
Helen will
perform two shows in New Zealand with a full band:
Saturday July 9th, 8PM - Cafe One2One, Auckland.
Tickets available from undertheradar.
Friday 22nd July, 6PM - Invercargill Brewery, Invercargill.
Tickets available from Invercargill Brewery
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