Chris Conway - Sounds Like Rain (1999)

An album of evocative songs with a Celtic and US West Coast blend..
CC's amazing debut songs album explodes with life from track one - a sign of what was to follow. Now with 3 bonus tracks.

"The collection of songs which make up Sounds Like Rain are consistently strong and intelligently worked - it all amounts to something really quite special." - RocknReel Magazine

At the time Christo made this album in 1995 he was in the Storm Thieves band, had started his Talking Fish band and still had occasional gigs with The Rain Garden.
In the Storm Thieves the songs alternated between 3 of them - CC says now that at the time he felt the pressure of having to keep interest just by his own songs. He also was setting his stall out. Its almost like an explosion of music - Celtic, jazz West Coast USA, World music styles all fly by. He also tried to vary ways of singing on the album from track to track.

Influences - Alan Stivell, David Crosby, Dan Ar Braz, Ray Charles, Joni Mitchell and the Storm Thieves.

Tracklist:

01. Silver Rain (07:01)
02. Endless Night (04:08)
03. Inside Out (04:01)
04. Earth Child (04:23)
05. Tomorrow Lives Again (03:03)
06. Stormy Point (04:55)
07. Who Pays the Price? (05:18)
08. The Long Way (04:45)
09. Received Wisdom (04:38)
10. Minute of the Hour (04:34)
11. Chasing Rainbows - Rainbow Reel - Rainbow's End (05:36)
12. River Blue (02:17)
13. Nova Scotia (Bonus Track) (02:52)
14. This Old Road (04:22)
15. Better Times in Sight (05:52)