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Cockahoop is Cerys Matthews
Cerys Matthews
Cerys Elizabeth Matthews is a Welsh singer and songwriter. She is known as the lead singer of the Welsh rock band Catatonia, her more recent bilingual solo career, and for a 1998 Christmas duet with Tom Jones.-Biography:...

' first solo album, released in 2003. It went to #30 in the UK (5 weeks on Chart).

Track listing

  1. "Chardonnay" (w, m: Roger Cook
    Roger Cook (songwriter)
    Roger Cook is an English songwriter who has written many hits for other recording artists. He has also had a successful recording career in his own right.-Early life:Cook was born in Fishponds, Bristol, England...

    , Hugh Cornwell
    Hugh Cornwell
    Hugh Alan Cornwell is an English musician and songwriter, best known for being the vocalist and guitarist for the punk/new wave group, The Stranglers, from 1974 to 1990.-Career:...

    ) – 3:04
  2. "Caught in the Middle" (m: Cerys Matthews, Fred Ball, Hadrian Gerrards; w: Cerys Matthews) – 3:12
  3. "Louisiana" (m: Cerys Matthews, Ketcham Secor; w: Cerys Matthews) – 2:21
  4. "Weightless Again" (m: Brett Sparks; w: Rennie Sparks (The Handsome Family
    The Handsome Family
    The Handsome Family is an alternative country band, formed in Chicago, Illinois.-History:The band was formed in 1993 by husband-and-wife duo Brett Sparks and Rennie Sparks and drummer Mike Werner, although the band would later revolve around Rennie, who writes the lyrics, and Brett, who writes...

    ) – 3:02
  5. "Only a Fool" (w, m: Cerys Matthews) – 2:47
  6. "La Bague" (trad. arr: Cerys Matthews) – 0:40
  7. "...Interlude..." (AKA "The Miller of Hooterville") (trad. arr: Bucky Baxter) – 0:46
  8. "Ocean" (m: Cerys Matthews, Antony Genn, Martin Slattery; w: Cerys Matthews) – 2:05
  9. "Arglwydd Dyma Fi
    Gwahoddiad
    Gwahoddiad was originally the English hymn "I hear thy welcome voice", the words and tune of which were written in 1872 by the American Methodist minister and hymn writer Lewis Hartsough , during a re­viv­al meet­ing at Epworth, Iowa where Hartsough was Pastor...

    " (trad. arr: Cerys Matthews) – 3:35
  10. "If You're Lookin' For Love" (w, m: James Stallard, Cerys Matthews) – 2:56
  11. "The Good In Goodbye" (w, m: Cerys Matthews) – 3:05
  12. "Gypsy Song" (m: Cerys Matthews, Martin Slattery
    Martin Slattery
    Martin Slattery is a British multi-instrumentalist best known as a member of Joe Strummer's backing band The Mescaleros. He played there amongst others electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, saxophone, and flute. He is currently in the band The Hours alongside Antony Genn.- References :...

    , Joe Strummer
    Joe Strummer
    John Graham Mellor , best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash. His musical experience included his membership in The 101ers, Latino Rockabilly War, The Mescaleros and The Pogues, in...

    ; w: Cerys Matthews) – 3:49
  13. "All My Trials" (trad. arr: Cerys Matthews) – 3:11

Personnel

  • Richard Bennett
    Richard Bennett (guitarist)
    Richard Bennett is a touring sideman, session veteran, and record producer. As a touring sideman, he performed with Neil Diamond for 17 years, and Mark Knopfler since 1994. As a session player, he has worked with artists ranging from Billy Joel and Barbra Streisand to Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill...

     - Guitar
  • Ken Coomer
    Ken Coomer
    Ken Coomer was the last drummer for the band Uncle Tupelo as well as the drummer for Chicago based-band Wilco until Yankee Hotel Foxtrot...

     - drums
  • Jim Hoke - multi-instrumentalist

Produced by Bucky Baxter. Recorded and mixed by Chad Brown
Chad Brown
Chadwick Everett Brown is a former American football linebacker of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 1993 NFL Draft...

at Three Trees Studios, White Creek, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...


External links

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/cerysmatthews/pages/cockahoop.shtml BBC Wales review
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/pw3n/ BBC review
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