This week we’re joined by Songs For Walter aka Laurie Hulme playing ‘The Battle of Bexley Square’. ‘The Battle of Bexley Square’ is taken from Laurie’s recent album An Endless Summer Daze which we reviewed last month. You can find…
Songs For Walter was originally the name Laurie Hulme gave to a collection of tracks about his grandfather, songs that garnered a great deal of praise. He also received his share of raves from many of the Radio 6 Music…
The evolution of Laurie Hulme’s Songs for Walter project from touching songs inspired by his grandfather to a rich and growing soundscape continues with ‘Squaring Circles’ – his seventh free single and the follow-up to April’s Earwigging. Here Laurie contrasts…
When we first came across Songs for Walter, he was singing songs inspired by his grandfather. His beautiful debut album unfolded like a family photo album and touched emotional nerve endings throughout. But as Laurie Hulme prepares his second record,…
Laurie Hulme, under his non-de-plume Songs for Walter, has crafted a LP in homage to his late grandfather, the eponymous Walter, 13 songs which verge between the biographical (‘Moon/Two out of Ten’ refers to Walter’s uneasy relationship with the idea…
Last year, Manchester’s Laurie Hulme introduced Songs For Walter, an idea to tell tales of his late grandfather’s life through music. His Meet Me At The Empire EP was perfectly formed for the job, built around stories of his grandparents’…
Manchester’s family man Laurie Hulme, aka Songs For Walter, is off to a fine start in 2013. Already longlisted for Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent competition, he’s now releasing a single every month until the summer, when he plans to compile them…
Abi Wade – Heavy Heart/Faker Often compared to Joanna Newsom and Regina Spektor, cellist-percussionist Wade suffers the same pitfalls as those kindred spirits in that the germ of a great idea can be lost in excessive quirkiness. ‘Faker’ is the…
It’s been a busy time for Laurie Hulme. The guitarist has a new album out with his band Beat The Radar, but not before he released his own EP under the name Songs For Walter. While BTR deal in post-punk…