aaamusic | On 25, Feb 2013

Multi-instrumentalist Peter Ulrich, once percussionist for the iconic Dead Can Dance and This Mortal Coil, has released two solo albums.

The new single from his collaboration, Children Of The Rain on Market Square Records, is taken from the soon to be released album The Painted Caravan with Trebor Lloyd as producer and principal collaborator. It’s a song about the world’s dying rain forests featuring the soulful ensemble of Ulrich, Jen Elliot, David Steele, Sara Wendt and Saskia Dommisse.

This is an intricate and beautiful song with some charming vocal harmonies which are reminiscent of Richard and Linda Thompson and Pentangle. It will be interesting to see how the spirit of baroque, folk rock, global roots and psychedelia are captured in the rest of the album.

★★★★★

Anthony Weightman