6 Strings – Nick Hooper [CD]

6 Strings is Nick’s solo guitar album of Irish folk tunes, plus a tune by English fiddler John Dipper. It was recorded in Abbey Road Studio 2 during May 2015, and was released by Angel Air Records. The CD can be purchased on Amazon.

Click below to listen to the opening track on the album, ‘The Blackbird’, a traditional Irish tune arranged by Nick Hooper.

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NICK HOOPER is a BAFTA award winning and Grammy nominated film and television music composer who has written scores for two Harry Potter films “The Order Of The Phoenix” and “The Half Blood Prince” (for which he was nominated for a Grammy). The soundtrack for “The Half Blood Prince” is critically acclaimed and the most successful album of the film series debuting at number 29 on USA Billboard chart. In addition, Nick has scored award-winning TV productions such as “Land Of The Tiger” and “Prime Suspect”, as well as films such as “The Girl In The Cafe” and “My Family”. Nick also was the recipient of a Richard Attenborough Film Music award from Classic FM for “Film Music Of The Year Award”. Nick has been into the world famous Abbey Road studio in London (where he previously recorded both of the Harry Potter soundtracks with 110 musicians) and recorded his new solo album “6 Strings” which he describes as “Irish music and its affinity with the guitar”.

Watch Nick give a live performance of ‘The South Wind’, the final track on the album, below.

Colin Bailey, RnR Magazine
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Recorded and mastered at Abbey Road, this is a definitive collection of Irish melodies. Needless to say, the choices are superb, the arrangements sublime, and the playing superlative.

Jon Neudorf, Sea of Tranquility
Hooper’s playing is wonderful throughout the album. He is clearly an accomplished player and any fan of acoustic guitar music should consider 6 Strings a must purchase.

Chris Leslie
Beautiful album. Beautifully played. Beautifully recorded… It’s a complete joy. It’s going to be one of those albums that I play a lot, because it’s got that kind of calm spaciousness about it, which is absolutely brilliant. Yeah, I love it!

Gordon Giltrap
Superb album…You, sir, are a fine player and I congratulate you on a lovely piece of work, recorded from the heart… Rest assured your album will be getting a lot of playing in our house.

John Dipper
Corrrrrrr – just had a superb surprise – got home to find a CD waiting for me, and wowwwwwwww – how beautiful!!!!!! It’s on repeat in the CD player, and has already done two return journeys to London on the M3.

Pete Cooper
Really beautiful arrangements and skillful playing. The tunes… never sounded better.

Rob Armstrong
As a concept (one guitar) it is very brave, but the finished CD is beautifully played. I’ve heard a few of these tunes before but never presented as well as your versions.

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