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The Forge

from Home Waters by Sam Carter

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Recorded in a converted church in rural Northumberland, Home Waters captures the full force of Sam Carter’s vivid, narrative-driven songwriting. Featuring the specially-assembled Home Waters String Quartet, the album’s rich emotional landscapes are exquisitely illustrated by producer Ian Stephenson’s cinematic string arrangements. Images of overwhelming floods, rising tides, and conflict-stricken seas sit alongside tales of love and loss, alluding to the search for a sense of belonging and stability in unfamiliar territory.

    The Home Waters CD features specially commissioned woodcut artwork by renowned Sheffield-based artist John Pedder. Booklet features full album lyrics.

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  • Home Waters artwork woodcut print, designed and hand-printed to order by Sheffield artist John Pedder. Sold unframed, this landscape print measures around 25" by 13" (slightly bigger than a gatefold vinyl cover). Limited to 50 signed numbered editions.
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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Home Waters Live, Home Waters, How The City Sings, Live At The Union Chapel, The No Testament, Lumpy's Lullaby, Keepsakes, and Here In The Ground. , and , .

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lyrics

I grew up where the ground shook to the sound
Of the smith striking down on the anvil
And I saw my name in the furnace flame
When the day came to take up the mantle
Now I’ll stoke the fire, oh yes I’ll stoke the fire
And smoke will pour from the chimney
With a myth and a voice as my tools of choice
I’ll be down at the forge if you need me

Word gets around, I’m the talk of the town
’Cos I know what the folks here are after
Turn a phrase just right and it catches the light
Like a blade in the hands of a master
I’ll stoke the fire, oh yes I’ll stoke the fire
From far and wide they seek me
For a tale so sharp it could puncture the dark
I’ll be down at the forge if you need me

One line from me and the pauper’s king of all he sees
One line from me and the king’s swinging from the gallows tree

Now the smith’s hammer’s still and from up on the hill
I can take in the sounds in the valley
Every mercy plea, every curse on the breeze
Is a spark to the cinders inside me
I’ll stoke the fire, oh yes I’ll stoke the fire
Though the work will never be easy
Every true story told turns lead into gold
I’ll be down at the forge if you need me
Every true story told turns lead into gold
I’ll be down at the forge if you need me

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from Home Waters, released May 1, 2020

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‘Sam Carter is a brilliant guitarist and songwriter who combines the observational with social comment and personal reflection’ Songlines

2010 BBC Folk Awards Horizon Award Winner

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