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My Album " A Week In May" and songs from it is now available through itunes.

Based in Hartlepool, UK, The Lee Maddison Band, consisting of Lee on guitar and vocals; Nigel Spaven on Bass and Shayne Fontayne on drums and percussion, play affecting acoustic music, which moves seamlessly between folk, blues and pop. A bit of Damien Rice, A bit of David Gray. Lee's music bears comparison with many classic era troubadours, while still sounding utterly original. In fact, the man, whose gospel soaked voice sounds like a cross between Johnny Cash and Nick Drake was so inspired in the early eighties by the Cat Stevens album 'Tea for the the Tillerman' he went out and bought himself a guitar and learned the album in tis entirety!

The whole point of folk music - surely, is that it tells you stuff about people's lives. Lee Maddison knows this, and as a result his debut album 'A Week In May' resonates with emotion, insight and humour. The gorgeous Tomorrow is Such a Long Time is full of hope and promise. The Way You Shine is unashamedly romantic. Come Friday Night deals with our innate need to escape the trappings of a routine existence while Night Circus is a metaphorical observation of a night on the town. In fact, all of the songs resemble short stories. Misty Mornings, birds (the feathered variety), lovers, Vikings daughters and even shanks' pony all fall within Maddisons lyrical reach. It says a lot for this CD that what impresses most is not the wonderfully warm and often sublime guitar playing, But the excellence of the songs. An album of quiet grace, A Week In May is impossible not to love.