17 April 2023

Musician and mental health campaigner Craig Gould releases his long awaited new album Songs From The Campfire Friday 14th April, in partnership with CALM charity. You often hear people talk about how music “saved their life.” For Craig Gould, that’s literally true. Now, with the release of his debut album Songs From The Campfire (14 April), he’s hoping his own music will help save other lives too. In a unique collaboration, Craig is donating all the proceeds of his debut album Songs From The Campfire to a mental health charity. Because these songs were born from his own mental health crisis. It was 2016 when Craig, who had long ago shelved his early songwriting efforts for a job on the railways, suffered a severe mental breakdown – in the middle of a rush-hour crowd at one of Britain’s busiest stations. “I was on the platform at Birmingham New Street when I just blacked out and collapsed,” he recalls. “When I came round I couldn’t move and couldn’t speak. The paramedics thought I’d had a stroke. My doctor said it was a complete mental breakdown. My body had shut down. When I got home I couldn’t even leave the house.” Celebrated as both songwriter and performer by some of the UK’s most respected acts, Folk / Americana artist Craig Gould announces the release of his long awaited debut album ‘Songs from the Campfire’ – part of his groundbreaking project in partnership with CALM – Campaign Against Living Miserably, on the 14th April 2023.   Full biog attached on Craig’s project and story attached. Craig will be heading out on tour including a show at The Harrison in London on Friday 21st April, full tour dates below –   Saturday 15th April – Burton HMV – Burton On Trent Sunday 16th April – Birmingham HMV (The Vault) Friday 21st April – The Harrison – London Saturday 22nd April – The Folklore Rooms – Brighton Thursday 27th April – Little Buildings – Newcastle  Friday 5th May – The Chapel – Nottingham Friday 19th May – Prohibition Studios – Liverpool Friday 9th June – Tamworth Tap – Tamworth

James Dunne is one of the most exciting artists on the UK scene! After the successful release of ‘Duty’ at the end of last year which helped him to further build his ever growing fanbase, Dunne is back with his latest single ‘Black Train’. ‘Black Train‘ talks of a man standing up and taking responsibility which ebbs and flows with the melody, whilst the production allows him to put the spotlight on his rich and gravelly vocal that adds layers to the strong message that is weaved throughout. Speaking about the song, James Dunne says: “When I started writing for the follow up to Duty, it became apparent I had a lot of pain and frustration to get out that I never realised I had, or maybe just didn’t want to address as a man, a father, a partner, a working man and a veteran, all social roles that symbolise a strong person. There were dozens of songs that made it onto paper, which will remain a personal dumping ground for me but it took this period of honest self reflection to accept that no one is invincible”  The song features on his upcoming EP which is set for release later this year and you can watch the accompanying video above. Check out the latest issue of Maverick for an interview with Dunne and stay tuned for the next issue where we will take you through our favourite songs off that EP!