I'Anson
I'Anson in 2014
Background information
Birth nameHugh Carswell
BornGateshead, England
Genres
Websiteiansonmusic.com

I'Anson, real name Hugh Carswell,[1] is a British musician.

Origins

Hugh Carswell was born in Gateshead and grew up in Rugby.[2] After an apprenticeship as an engineer and various jobs, he became director of London-based brand agency Park Avenue.[2] In 2007, he moved to the island of Jura, where he restored the family's cottage, the place in which he started to record his music.[2][3][4][1] His stage names comes from his grandfather, the writer and poet Hugh I'Anson Fausset.

In Chances of Light, I'Anson's debut album, was released on 4 November 2013 on the independent label Maker and distributed by Burning Shed.[5] I'Anson has defined the album's songs as "very much of Jura and about Jura".[2] The album has seen the collaboration, among others, of Steve Jansen and the Scottish Ensemble.[6]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Smith, Emma Grace (24 May 2015). "Peek in Your Pad: I swapped London for the idyllic Jura holiday home of my childhood". Daily Record. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ranscombe, Peter; Blackburn, Angus (September 2014). "The music man" (PDF). Scottish Field: 91–98. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. Brown, Annie (8 February 2014). "Businessman Hugh Carswell on how he left hectic London life to return to the Isle of Jura". Daily Record. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  4. Moreton, Cole (17 October 2013). "Playing music has never been this easy". The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. "I'Anson – In Chances Of Light". Discogs. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. "i'Anson: In Chances of Light". The Wallbreakers. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

References


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