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You are a singer songwriter, how did it all begin for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n I started playing guitar in my earlier teens. It became a passion and a few years later I ended up as a \u201cgo-for\u201d at Park Gate Recording Studios in Catsfield. There I met producer and arranger, Tim Cross (Mike Oldfield, The Adverts, TV Smith, Dana Gillespie, Doll-By-Doll, The Skids, Hall & Oates) and over a 22-year period we worked on various music projects for TV and Radio. Tim passed away in 2012.<\/p>\n I started writing and playing live again as a solo artist in 2013 and a few years later went to Brighton Road Recording Studios to record a set of songs which became an album called How That Dust Jumps. Simon Yapp did some session work on that album, providing fiddle and vocal harmonies and we have been working together ever since, playing over 200 gigs so far and forming Ian Roland & The Subtown Set.<\/p>\n Tell us about Ian Roland & The Subtown Set<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For live gigs, we now play as a trio. There\u2019s myself, Ian Roland, on lead vocals and guitars. There\u2019s Simon Yapp, on violin and vocals. And there\u2019s Jade Woodhouse, on cello and vocals.\u00a0 We play original Roots and Contemporary Folk, with a nod to the classical and an embrace of three-part harmonies. We are based in Brighton, UK.<\/p>\n We have supported acts such as\u00a0Martin Simpson,\u00a0The Black Feathers,\u00a0Stick In The Wheel,\u00a0TV Smith,\u00a0Boo Hewerdine.<\/p>\n The following musicians joined us for the recording of our recent album, Double Rainbow:<\/p>\n Nick VanVlanderan \u2013 drums Congratulations on the release of \u201cDouble Rainbow\u201d. What\u2019s the story behind it?<\/strong><\/p>\n Double Rainbow is made up of 11 tracks engineered by S\u00e9adna McPhail and mastered by Alan Lowles at Airtight Studios, Manchester. Initial recordings were made at Simon Yapp\u2019s studio, Subtown Studios, in Brighton, hence the band\u2019s name: Ian Roland & The Subtown Set. Producer Nigel Stonier (Thea Gilmore, The Waterboys, Joan Baez, Martha Wainwright, Fairport Convention) helped us with the production\u00a0 of six tracks on the album, which were initially released as EPs: Day Became You (2017) and The Valley (2018).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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\nBrione Jackson \u2013 cello, vocals<\/p>\n