Stories from an Old Set of Strings is Available Now!

  1. Rather Be a Man Ian Campbell 4:05
  2. Sunny T Ian Campbell 3:37
  3. 2 AM Ian Campbell 4:01
  4. Nothing Wrong Ian Campbell 3:58
  5. You Will Be Mine Ian Campbell 3:33
  6. Easy to Fall For Ian Campbell 4:29
  7. This is My American Dream Ian Campbell 4:29
  8. To Keep You Warm Ian Campbell 3:15
  9. Motherhood Looks Good On You Ian Campbell 3:50
  10. Quinn's Song Ian Campbell 4:39

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Ian Campbell is a storyteller.

And over the course of his 43 years, the folk rock singer-songwriter has certainly developed some stories to share.

With the release of his debut album, Ian has put a handful of stories together from the past 20 or so years into a raw, stripped down, and expressive set of songs that he’s shared in the most authentic way he could - nothing more than his guitar and his voice.

“I wanted this record to have the feeling of sitting around a campfire with a friend talking about life,” Ian says. “These songs represent the course my life has taken since I originally started pursuing music as a career. What better way to provide a first exposure to them than to share them as simply as I could and let the stories speak for themselves?”

What does this record sound like? Well, take a base of Bruce Springsteen, sprinkle in some Ray LaMontagne and Nick Drake, and finally give it a twist of James Taylor, and you’ve got the recipe for what makes this record special.

Reflecting on the making of this record, Ian says: “I’m a big fan of artists like Jackson Browne, Nick Drake, and Bob Dylan - the guys that recorded with whatever they had wherever they were at the time,” says Campbell, “so I used that as inspiration and recorded the two guitar parts and the vocals in the little makeshift studio that I set up in my house. It’s raw, but it’s real, and it’s me.”

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