Lee’s Blues takes as it’s starting point from the playing and performing style of the mid-century American folk blues artists with particular reference to Big Bill Broonzy, a long admired and influential performer for Oliver Darling.

Oliver has been performing solo acoustic shows for years up and down the UK. Sets comprising classic delta blues and fingerpicking folk blues. Now Darling has poured all that experience into eleven new recordings creating a debut solo album, eight of which are self penned.

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Recorded by Oliver using a process which bounced all tracks via analogue tape has bestowed upon the album a genuine warmth suiting the material, and what results is a set of vintage styled songs with a strong contemporary energy and sonic aura.

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