The Music
From here you can buy albums and digital downloads, or simply browse and listen to a selection of songs (please give them time to upload). Each recording project features a few tracks to listen to and the content will be changed from time to time. So please bookmark this page and return. Or you can receive occasional alerts or news by joining my mailing list left-below.
SHAMUS DARK:
Live jazz in the UK with:
Rick Laughlin – piano and keyboards
Sean Freeman – saxophone
Nick Pugh – bass
Here’s a new demo recording of a wonderful old song, written in the 1930’s by Hoagy Carmichael and Ned Washington. Accompanied by a trio of some of this country’s finest jazz musicians, Shamus will be performing material from the great American songbook live throughout the UK in 2011. Songs will include up-tempo swing from the pen of Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, et al, plus of course, a liberal sprinkling of great romantic ballads from the likes of Matt Dennis, Harold Arlen and others. For details of forthcoming live dates please click here. Bookers and agents, please take note and address any enquiries here
SHAMUS DARK
Through A Glass Darkly
(Currently in production)
This will be the second full album collaboration between Shamus and producer Pete Millward. Songs include Cole Porter’s Night And Day, Elvis Costello’s Almost Blue, Joy Division’s New Dawn Fades and a host of noir classics. Special mention should be made of Jens Bunge who has already recorded a stunning harmonica part to The Moon Was Yellow. Many of the tracks are near completion and we hope that the album will be available to buy soon.
CELESTIAL
Cloud Songs
The fifth album from this Hong Kong collective features Shamus singing on seven tracks. Other featured vocalists include Adrian Da Silva (of Audio Traffic), May Chan and Marianna Gonzalez. As with the other Celestial releases, this double album is written and produced by Pete Millward and features Eugene Pao on guitar and shakuhachi master Sunny Yeung.
Buy the album or download digital tracks here
SHAMUS DARK
Songs For Suicidal Lovers
Reclusive songster Shamus Dark can be heard on his debut album, Songs For Suicidal Lovers, a collection of Noir Classics from the ‘Forties to the ‘Noughties. The album is Produced by Pete Millward and features Asian guitar legend Eugene Pao, New York trumpeter Michael Kurtz and ace harmonica player Dave Packer.
Buy the album or download digital tracks here
