A NORTH Ayrshire singer songwriter is set to release his latest single and a new album next week.
Mark Copeland's track Talking Gentleman Blues is a lively up-tempo old-time country track, featuring a sassy duet with young Glasgow singer Rona Bryden.
It's the lead track from the Irvine musician's new album Roots & Reverie, with both being released on Wednesday, May 20.
The album celebrates the transatlantic connection between Scottish folk traditions and American roots and country music, with stories drawn from Glasgow shipyards, a mythic “Glasgow cowboy,” and colourful local characters.
Mark, now based in Glasgow, blends haunting Scottish ballads with the gritty, soulful drive of Americana.
He has enlisted an impressive array of Scotland’s finest roots and folk musicians for the project, including Cahalen Morrison, Al Gare, Conor Smith, Jerri Foreman, Elspeth Mackay, Roger Shepherd, Innes White, Leo Glaister, Grayling, Lauren Thompson, Rona Bryden, and Susan Phillips.
You can pre-save the album now on major streaming channels at distrokid.com/hyperfollow/markcopeland/roots--reverie.
Mark said: "Music has this extraordinary ability to link traditions, myths, and histories across generations and oceans
“With Roots & Reverie, I’m diving into those shared stories that remind us how connected we truly are, and what keeps us dreaming.”
Inspired by a post-pandemic rediscovery of an old Hank Williams record, the album channels influences like John Prine while staying rooted in Copeland’s authentic Glasgow storytelling.
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