Sheffield nailed to the top of the musical mast again, as Richard Hawley namechecks city again in new album
How latest work by Richard Hawley adds the list of Sheffield references in world of music.
Richard Hawley has nailed Sheffield to the top of the music mast - again.
The singer songwriter who gave the world the musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge and albums with titles like Cole’s Corner and Lady’s Bridge has name checked city landmarks again in his new album.
He has now released his new album, titled In This City They Call You Love, and there are more Sheffield references to add to the list.
He has stuck the city on the artwork, with a picture of him walking through one of the subways under the ring road, next to Moore Street sub station close the the city centre.
And he has also name checked a host of Sheffield locations in another of his songs, as well as the title which is a reference to people in the city calling each other ‘love’
He has included a song titled People, in which he describes being born by a river that flows slowly through ‘this city of knives’.
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And the chorus adds: “People in this city call you love.” Other Sheffield references are the Loxley, Sheaf, Porter, Rivelin and Don rivers, along with nearby cultural references to ‘Speedwell’ and blue john.
Hawley, who found fame with the Longpigs and Pulp before embarking on his hugely successful solo career, recently spoke of his love for Sheffield in an interview with The Guardian.
The artist, whose latest album In The City They Call You Love has been critically acclaimed, also spoke about his love for the city, explaining in his own typically blunt yet poetic way, ‘as long as I’ve got a hole in my a***, I’ll love this city.”
He is one of a number of artists to namecheck Sheffield in song.
Other references include Hunters Bar references by the Arctic Monkeys in Fake Takes and San Francisco, and of Stanhope Road, near Intake, by Pulp in Babies. Half Man Half Biscuit namechecked The Crucible Theatre in The Len Ganley Stance