Various Artists - All Along The Wall

An ambitious songwriting project based on Hadrian's Wall featuring leading songwriters and poets.Five highly regarded songwriters - Jez Lowe, Boo Hewerdine, Julie Matthews, Ruth Notman & Rory McLeod - plus two poets well-known to BBC Radio 4 listeners - Kate Fox & Elvis McGonagall - gathered for five days in a farmhouse close to the Roman wall to write a cycle of songs and poems. At the end of the week they gave the songs a public performance which resulted in this 'live' CD. The songs and poems are contemporary, relevant to today with a hint of history and deal with the area around Hadrian's Wall as well as the wall itself.