The Delta Magpie Cold In The Hand (CD)

(Hill Mill Reocrds) 12 tracks
The Delta Magpie, whose real name is Sven Müller, is a professional musician from Switzerland who picked up his first guitar in 1977 at the age of eight. His live experience has now grown to over 400 concerts at home and abroad. As a one-man band, he plays guitar, dobro, vocals, foot stomp, foot snare, hi-hat, kazoo and harp, all without loop effects.

Fascinated by rough and intense vocals, percussive playing and a driving sound of great rhythmic and emotional intensity. The raw, stomping bluesman on the trail of the Mississippi. The Delta Magpie one-man band brings the music and soul of the Mississippi to Europe, a glowing firework display from ragtime to Delta blues, from boogie blues to rockabilly. Raw vocals, driving guitar sound and pure Dobro slides supported by stomping foot stomp in combination with foot snare, hi-hat, kazoo and harp.

The new album 'Cold In Hand' was recorded entirely with analogue equipment. It captures the warmth, authenticity and rawness of the good old days. The sound of the analogue Miss Studer A80 16-track tape machine and the old microphones reproduce the magic of the golden age and bring it directly to the beloved crackling vinyl. The 12 songs, a mixture of ragtime & roots blues, were recorded in a 3-day live recording session.

All instruments and vocals were recorded simultaneously by The Delta Magpie, without overdubs and loops. Just as he plays the music on stage as a one-man band, analogue without loops. The album is released in a limited edition of 300 copies each (vinyl LP & CD) on the independent record label 'Hill Mill Records' and contains 9 original songs plus 3 interpretations by John Lee Hooker, Bukka White, SheltonBrothers Scotty Moore. The vinyl LP also contains a printed inner sleeve with illustrations for the individual songs.