Wickham,Steve Beekeeper CD

2017 release, the second solo album from the Waterboys member. Beekeeper features twelve captivating songs and some diverse guest performers including Mike Scott of The Waterboys, Katie Kim, Ger Wolfe, The Lost Brothers, David Hood, Camille O'sullivan, Bruno Caliciuri, Joe Chester and Oleg Ponomarev. "In 2012 I was sitting (being painted) for my friend the painter Nick Miller and I started writing tunes as he was painting. The sittings went on over a couple of weeks by that time I'd recorded several hours of improvised music, thus began the seeds of this album..." (Steve Wickham, March 2017). Other artists with whom Steve has played include U2, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello and Sinead O'Connor. Band-mate and musical collaborator Mike Scott has described Steve as 'the world's greatest rock fiddle player'.

1. The Band Played on 2. Two Thousand Years 3. The Song of Lost Things 4. The Hare 5. Fractured 6. The Bohemian 7. Stopping By Woods 8. Silence of a Sunday 9. The Cells of the Heart Which Nature Built for Joy 10. Les Sombres Soeurs de L'amour 11. Song of the River 12. Cockcrow