There are few things I enjoy better than listening to really great folk music. You know the type, with well-crafted lyrics and gentle instrumentation. There’s always an acoustic guitar, but if you get lucky and there’s some strings and a piano in the mix, heaven. So you can bet I’ve fallen hard for Tom Harrison’s latest single, “Start Again.”
Starting again is something Tom knows about all too well, as he decided to branch out from his band Hugo Stranger and the Rattlers, build a home studio, and revisit a long-shelved concept album about a year-long road trip across North America. Travelling with his wife, Tom lived in a Chevy van and explored Canada and the United States.
“If my first song ‘How Long’ was about reflecting on this overseas trip I took and how I spent my time, ‘Start Again’ is very much about the start of the journey and telling myself that there’s so much out there to explore and create or recreate in myself. Seize the day!” Tom enthused.
“Start Again” comes from Tom’s debut EP Old Growth, which should land in the first half of this year. You can see him playing the single and others from that release at Little Big Fest at Dunder in Meeanjin/Brisbane on March 9.
Image used with permission from Tom Harrison
