Today, internationally renowned English Singer/Songwriter/Harpist Hattie Webb releases her intense new single “Ruined in the Rain” which appears on her forthcoming solo album Wild Medicine. Her new collection will be released October 25th on Hearts Connect Records. The complete album is available for pre-save/pre-order HERE. View video for "Ruined in the Rain" below.
“Ruined in the Rain” is a heartbreaking meditation on suicide. Hattie details the deeply personal track, “I have this theory that there can be an original wound in a person, which is often from childhood, and then throughout your life, you go through other deep woundings but somehow they reach back to that original wound.” The song tells of the consequence of that wound through the lens of a woman who’s experienced great suffering. She adds, “I know what it’s like to come to a feeling that you’ve reached the end and to feel too ruined to carry on. The ultimate message of the song is to trust ourselves and be guided by our instinct when we feel something isn’t right. That next time, our internal wisdom can show us the way.”
The narrative is drawn in part on Hattie’s own experiences but also on the work she’s done with ‘AAFDA - 'Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse’ a charity that has used another album highlight, “Never Just Your Daughters” as part of a campaign against gender-based violence and violence against women and girls.
Wild Medicine is Webb’s second solo album, but she is no newcomer. Webb began her musical career alongside her sister as a duo known as The Webb Sisters who, in addition to recording and releasing their own music, toured with the likes of Leonard Cohen and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Over the years critics have lauded the sisters as “simply astonishing,” “brilliant,” “huge talent and undoubted beauty,” “delicious voices,” “unique musical gifts” even calling them "female Simon and Garfunkel for the modern age" and Q Magazine compared them to Florence & The Machine.
Joining Webb on WIld Medicine are some truly spectacular players; Mike Campbell (who also co-wrote two songs on the album), Benmont Tench, Vinnie Colaiuta, Eric Johnson, and Pat Leonard to name a few. These seasoned vets contribute a solid foundation to support Hatties ethereal voice and sublime harp playing while providing a framework for her exploration of genres. The project contains a kaleidoscope of colors, her music flows between Celtic Folk to Americana, from Pop to a somber Waltz dedicated to her dear Leonard Cohen. She even lands on, of all things, a Bob Seger cover while touching on everything in between.
The end result is not, perhaps, the type of album we’ve come to expect from someone whose primary instrument is harp. “Playing the harp growing up, people expect you to be more gentle, or to perhaps not be so direct with how you feel,” Hattie continues, “In my years of studying, going to harp festivals, I struggled with the more creatively narrow narrative that the harp is sometimes given. There's so much intensity and meat in the instrument, like a grand piano, and I really wanted to explore how that could translate into the songs I was writing.”
Hattie shares from the road, “I am thrilled to be joining David Gilmour on his international tour kicking off in beautiful and historic Rome. It has been a delight rehearsing the past 3 weeks in the UK. I have loved having new musical adventures with my sister Charley and this amazing band and crew.” Hattie and her harp have brewed up some Wild Medicine to calm and sooth. Be sure to get a scrip filled.
David Gilmour Tour 2024
October 9, 10, 11, 12 Royal Albert Hall, London UK
October 14, 15 Royal Albert Hall, London UK
October 25 Intuit Dome, Los Angeles
October 29, 30, 31 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
November 4, 5, 6 Madison Square Garden, New York
November 9, 10 Madison Square Garden, New York
Wild Medicine Track List
01. Wild Medicine (Hattie Webb, Paul Kelly)
02. Ruined In the Rain (Hattie Webb)
03. Night Soul (Hattie Webb, Mike Campbell, Nina Baker)
04. Never Just Your Daughters (Hattie Webb, Patrick Leonard)
05. Golden (Hattie Webb, Ben Cullum)
06. Shakespeare's Shores (Hattie Webb, Ron Blair)
07. Hearts Connect (Hattie Webb, Mike Campbell, Nina Baker)
08. Love Springs Eternal (Hattie Webb)
09. Boy At The Beach (Nina Baker, Hattie Webb)
10. Forever (Hattie Webb)
11. Waltz for Leonard (Hattie Webb, Roscoe Beck)
12. A Song Called Love (Hattie Webb, Nina Baker)
13. Chapters of Love (Hattie Webb, Patrick Leonard) 14. Shine (Hattie Webb, Paul Kelly)
15.You'll Accompany Me (Bob Seger)
