Estuary by Seán Street/Neil Campbell/Perri Alleyne-Hughes

The 12-poem sequence, Estuary by Seán Street, is drawn from two books: Time Between Tides and Cello, both published by Rockingham Press. The poems were brought together as part of a joint performance project in 2015 for the Writing on the Wall Festival in Liverpool, featuring original music by Neil Campbell and readings by Seán, with vocals by Perri Alleyne-Hughes. Together, the words and music draw on the rich association between Great Britain and the seas, estuaries, rivers and harbours that have throughout history been a part of the fabric and psychology behind what it means to come from the British Isles. We are never far from the water, and indeed, its sounds and feelings ebb and flow through every moment of this piece.

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"Estuary is a journey, a meditation on mortality, of the ebb and flow of life itself..." - Tom Calderbank, Nerve Magazine

"A calming and absorbing listen which tastefully encompasses the spoken word with classical guitar, atmospheric soundscapes, electronica and interspersed with warm velvety vocals... an album to be savoured in its entirety" - Bob Mulvey, The Progressive Aspect

"a stirring merge of poetry, music, reading and singing. The more I listened to the ebb and flow, the surfacings and submergings between the poems and the music, the words spoken and the words sung, the deeper I fell into this haunting, haunted world, an inter-space both clearly itself and utterly mysterious." - Sandra Barry, The Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Blogspot

"Glimmering ambient textures lend an ethereal quality to peaceful recitations." - The Musician

"This is a seriously fine record and quite unlike anything we’ve heard for some time. A natural beauty." Peter Guy, Getintothis

“An atmospheric record which effectively evokes the feel of the sea, while offering some attractive music which complements the lyrical content and sounds good in itself... a stirring work of sound and vision.” - Bill Parry, Holding Together

"Unique, artful and intelligent... Alleyne-Hughes's lovely voice adds warmth and beauty to an already impressive effort" - Gary Flanagan, Nightwaves

"The combination of classical oriented acoustic guitar, spoken word poetry and a liberal array of additional instrument details executed with the same elegance and sophistication as the acoustic guitar, spoken words and vocals will be quite the alluring experience for the right audience with the right mind set. This is a creation of beauty and elegance, like so many other albums in Campbell's catalogue." - Olav Bjornsen, Progressor.net

Liverpool composer and multi-instrumentalist.

‘One of the best acoustic guitar players of our time’ - Jon Neudorf, Sea of Tranquility

“Neil Campbell remains one the U.K.’s shamefully undiscovered contemporary composers, and I for one hope a larger audience awaits him soon” - Bob Mulvey, TPA

'music of serious quality and distinction' - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music

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