Christian Burns - Waking Up in a Northern Town

There’s been a long tradition of musicians from the north of England honouring their origins through their recordings - one that dates back as far as The Beatles’ penning ‘Penny Lane’. ‘North Country Boy’, ‘Hit The North’, ‘Life In A ‘Northern Town’, ‘The North At Its Heights’, ‘It’s Grim Up North’ – just a few of the dozens that, over the following years, have championed its mass.
Both culturally and creatively, the North tends to form more than the average core of an artist’s identity. It’s derived from a strong sense of pride in one’s place — not just its achievements, but in its character, humour, and resilience. Up north, ‘grey’ isn’t seen as bleak, but as honest and real: a backdrop that has shaped an unpretentious outlook on all things ‘life’. It engenders a sense of working through adversity, and through that,
producing something vital, expressive and, well, frankly … elevated.
Now, through his third album dispatch, ‘Waking Up In A Northern Town’, singer, songwriter and BBMAK vocalist, Christian Burns makes his own mark in this grand practice.

Tracklist:

01. Darker Days
02. Let Me Love You (with Mark Novas)
03. Brave (with Cosmic Gate)
04. Embers (with Banaati)
05. Strangers
06. Fall To You (with Pretty Pink)
07. The Two Of Us (with Paul Thomas)
08. Undiscovered
09. I Will Follow (with Little Foot)
10. Diamond Dreams
11. Like A King
12. Won’t You Hurry