I'Anson (musician)

I'Anson
I'Anson in 2014
Background information
Birth name Hugh Carswell
Born Gateshead, England
Genres
Website iansonmusic.com

I'Anson, real name Hugh Carswell,[1] is a British musician.

Origins

Hugh Carswell was born in Gateshead and grew up in Rugby.[2] After an apprenticeship as an engineer and various jobs, he became director of London-based brand agency Park Avenue.[2] In 2007, he moved to the island of Jura, where he restored the family's cottage, the place in which he started to record his music.[2][3][4][1] His stage names comes from his grandfather, the writer and poet Hugh I'Anson Fausset.

In Chances of Light, I'Anson's debut album, was released on 4 November 2013 on the independent label Maker and distributed by Burning Shed.[5] I'Anson has defined the album's songs as "very much of Jura and about Jura".[2] The album has seen the collaboration, among others, of Steve Jansen and the Scottish Ensemble.[6]

Note

  1. 1 2 Smith, Emma Grace (24 May 2015). "Peek in Your Pad: I swapped London for the idyllic Jura holiday home of my childhood". Daily Record. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ranscombe, Peter; Blackburn, Angus (September 2014). "The music man" (PDF). Scottish Field: 91–98. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Brown, Annie (8 February 2014). "Businessman Hugh Carswell on how he left hectic London life to return to the Isle of Jura". Daily Record. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Moreton, Cole (17 October 2013). "Playing music has never been this easy". The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "I'Anson – In Chances Of Light". Discogs. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "i'Anson: In Chances of Light". The Wallbreakers. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

References

  • Bruce, Keith (13 November 2013). "I'Anson in Chances of Light (Maker)". The Herald. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via HighBeam Research.
  • "01/11/2013". The Janice Forsyth Show. 1 November 2013. BBC Radio Scotland.


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