What's Here What's Gone

Since releasing his debut album as a melodeon player back in 1994 aged just 17, Daniels been an in-demand player for the likes of Riverdance and De Dannan. Currently he's a regular member of Cara Dillon's band and he has produced critically acclaimed instrumental collaborations with classical, jazz, world and folk artists.

But What's Here What's Gone writes another chapter, one that presents Daniels as a mature, meaningful and sincere singer-songwriter. ‘I needed to share my belief in the soul as something that is essentially ours to command,’ Daniels states, ‘and the idea that value springs from what we have in common rather than what we can acquire as individuals.’ But there's little that's lyrically preachy about this enthralling collection, recorded in Glasgow and mixed at Abbey Road by Daniels with Paul Savage, producer of Scottish acts Mogwai and Franz Ferdinand. Even if Daniels may cut a somewhat austere figure on the sleeve pictures, the music itself is lush, provocative and pleasingly reminiscent of the kind of ambitious folk-rock that has rarely been heard since the heyday of the likes of Gene Clark.