On this third single from Dori Freeman’s fifth album ‘Do You Recall‘ (which will be released on November 17th), Freeman alludes to the escapist possibilities of the art form, singing “Well I go to the movies so I can be free, to sail far away with the man on the screen. And though it ain’t real and though it ain’t true, it eases my mind for an hour or two.” Things of course are never so sweet and simple – prior to the lights going down Freeman confesses that “I quiet my sorrow with whisky and beer, then I sway through the city ’til I find my way here.”
It’s a song that has an interesting evolution, as Dori Freeman explains: “I wrote ‘Movie Screen’ deep into the pandemic after watching many hours of Peaky Blinders, as the song developed, the movie theatre became a broader metaphor for the way many of us turn to entertainment as distraction from the challenges of our day to day lives.”
An album that appeals to the senses, warms the heart and makes the spine tingle. Dori Freeman grew up in a family that played lots of traditional music, and although she started her musical career in country traditionalism, she has gradually, over her previous four studio albums, developed her own…
This is the title song from Dori Freeman's new album - her fifth - which will be released on November 17th. The song is a reflective reminisce on the early days of love, with rings proffered to a sound that's part country and part folk and all delivered alongside Dori…
It's kind of a dream come true situation for Dori Freeman's first single from her new album. When Dori was 22 she liked to kick-free from the Bluegrass music she'd grown up surrounded by and drive about singing along to her Teddy Thompson CD. Then she dropped him a line telling…
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
