Tom Hickox Gives Away 'Angel Of The North' As Free Download - Listen Here Now
Monday, 13 August 2012
Written by Elliott Batte
Singer-songwriter Tom Hickox has revealed that he’ll be giving away ‘Angel of the North’, a track taken from this forthcoming new album ‘War, Peace, and Diplomacy’, as a free download.
Tom Hickox is a serious talent for serious times, and his music inspires strong reactions. The Daily Telegraph have already hailed his ‘depth and intensity’. calling him ‘a true original’, while The Sunday Times described Tom arriving on the music scene ‘as if from a different planet, and certainly from a different age.’ Fuse magazine swooned over his ‘outrageously daring lyrics’ and the ‘deathly beauty’ of his arrangements.
Comparisons have been made to such masters as Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, and Randy Newman, but all agree that Tom’s particular take on the art of the singer-songwriter is unique. Tom’s late father, Richard Hickox CBE, was one of Britain’s most renowned conductors, and a Grammy award winner with over 280 recordings to his credit. Tom’s mother was an orchestral timpanist. Tom, however never had formal lessons.
“I knew as a kid I couldn’t possibly compete with my dad, and I didn’t want to,” he explains. “My parents let me doodle on instruments around the house. Really, I am untrained musician but I have a lot in my guts and in my ears that I picked up by osmosis.”
Tom has now completed his debut album ‘War, Peace And Diplomacy’ - and you can get ‘Angel of the North’ now for absolutely free.
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