WordMusic - well what else do you call it? Its a way of combining two passions - spoken word and song - usually the two are mutually exclusive however a verandah, a guitar and a distinct lack of singing ability drove the combination.

The result is a unique form of Australian story telling, which carries the lyric and strong narrative of poetry and combines it with the emotive power of music and song. The trick is in the balance, and the fine line between the poetry maintaining its integrity without the listener requiring more melody from the song, and the song and structure still having its own 'life' and space.

This project has been the love-child of Andrew and Tamworth based musician, Leigh ivin. Teaming up as an impromptu support for Brisbane artist, Jackie Marshall, the musician and poet found common ground in Word Music and the project was born. The next twelve months saw a lot of planning, writing and practicing with the first demo's being recorded at the Gidgee Guesthouse in Bourke in December 07.

The bulk of the project was recorded in Tamworth at Leigh's makeshift studio in 'the Tobacco Shed' on drummer and collaborator, Ronny Rindo's property on Moore Creek. The band for the project included Andrew, Leigh, Ronny and bassist Adam Bodkin along with a host of technical superstars including Gleny Rae Virus on fiddle, Shaun Butcher (aka Uncle Burnin Luuurv) on Banjo and none other than Australian Blues great Chris Wilson on Harmonica.

Scheduled for release late in 08 contact Andrew to learn more about the new Word Music album, 'Western Stream' from Andrew Hull.

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