"An acoustic powerhouse for the new wave of singer songwriters." Country Times
DOMINIC FINLEY: Lead Vocals, Upright Bass, Elec Bass,Acoustic Guitars, Elec Guitar,Harmonica,additional keyboards and dalmedo stomp box.
with:
Chris Stewart: Vocals, Piano and Keyboards.
Jon Brindley: Fiddle and additional guitar
Charlie Lang: Keyboards and backing vocals
All songs written by Dominic Finley
except 'Thank God For Christmas Day' (Finley/Stewart)
and 'Lost in Time' (Finley/Lang)
Arrangements by Dominic Finley, additional arrangements by Tom Arnold
Sounds Like
More than just another singer-songwriter
By Tim Wardyn
Attention fans of David Gray and Damien Rice: I have your new favorite singer-songwriter. Dominic Finley takes the melodic knack of Gray and the heart-on-sleeve lyrics of Rice, takes away the drums and adds a light Elton John-esque piano to create the gorgeous EP Avalon.
The 4-song EP opens with the acoustically haunting "Mercy" followed by "Only Love Remains." A piano-driven ballad (beautifully played by Chris Stewart) Finley creates a contemplatively powerful chorus to round out the highlight of the EP: "All I heard were promises, promises/ It’s all they gave me/ Promises, promises/ When are you going to save me?" The biting "Sorry Isn’t Good Enough" and the atmospheric title track round out this beautiful EP.
Avalon may come across as another singer-songwriter trying to breakout from a sea of talented artists, but as Dominic Finley said himself, "Obviously there is amazing talent out there and I’m a small fish, but I’m good enough to have a part in the pond."
For the last decade and a half Dominic Finley has successfully adapted to various different styles of music. He has moved though Brit-pop, Motown and jazz, to more recently doing session work and playing progressive rock with Combination Head and classic pop-rock with the reformed Cutting Crew.
He currently has three solo CD's to his credt, 'Avalon', 'Monkey Puzzle' and 'Lost in Time'
ta for the add Dominic, you are extremely gifted and I hope you have a brilliant tour, your songs are so polished and very impressive. I wish you all the best!
Hiya Dom :) Late Easter greetings from Germany... the sun kept me off from the Computer. Hey, it's always good to see that there's something goin on with your music. Keep on rockin' ;) Much love and a bunch of sunrays, Rita xxx :)
Hey Dominic , Thanks for the add!! Lovely music !! I will spread the word where I can , my lady is a violinist so I shall inform her of your site too. Hope all is well ?
haha thanks man i improvise the verses on that i remember showin you the bassline and askin if it was too much i proper like it though you heard were phil doesnt come out of his roll and hits is cymbals i thought it sounded mint so we kept it lol how you doing that christmas song is so cheesey but is well good! jack x
Dominic, Christmas Day is REALLY REALLY well done. Its artistic and accessible, it moves along,the production and songwriting are great,and I think its different from anything I've heard from you so far.. Keep it up!
) All the best for the rest of the tour.
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