Blackthorn by Sam Robinson

Blackthorn is a collection of songs written over the past ten years or so.

They are about my connection to a place, an occupation, some people and a time.

Though we've had our fall outs, these songs have come to mean a lot to me over these years. The songs have stood the test of this time through my mistrust, piss taking, forgetfulness, fluctuating ability to remember how to play them and drunkenness.

As a result, in a way, I felt they had earned the right to exist as part of the world rather than only part of me as I'm finding myself an unreliable carrier of something that has meaning for a few people i know and myself.


Recorded in 2019 January by Mike Fearon at Bill and Ali Lloyds' studio (and farm). The whole project is massively indebted to these people and they're unfaltering generosity with their time and resources.

Sam Robinson is a song writer and folk singer from Kendal, Cumbria.