Adrian McNally explained
Adrian McNally is a record producer, a composer/songwriter and a musician with English folk group the Unthanks, which he also manages. As well as producing all of the Unthanks' albums he has produced the compilation album Harbour of Songs for which he was commissioned by The Stables in Milton Keynes[1] as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad,[2] an album for Belinda O'Hooley and albums for Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell.
Discography
EPs
- Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell: The North Farm Sessions (2010)[3]
Albums
Broadcasts
In 2022 he gave his perspective on the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in an "essay" broadcast on BBC Radio 3.[6]
Personal life
McNally grew up in a mining village near Barnsley, Yorkshire.[7] He was married to, but is now divorced from, Rachel Unthank,[8] singer with the Unthanks.[9] [10] They have two sons: George, born in 2011;[11] and Arthur, born in 2014.[12]
Notes and References
- Web site: Harbour of Songs . Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music . 6 November 2015 . 24 July 2016 . Zierke, Reinhard.
- Web site: Album: Adrian McNally – Harbour of Songs . For Folk's Sake . 8 August 2012 . 24 July 2016 . White, Tom.
- Web site: Zierke, Reinhard . 26 December 2020 . Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell: The North Farm Sessions . Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music.
- Web site: Sherburn, Bartley & Scott's Last Night's Fun – Dubh . 11 November 2020 . Discogs.
- Web site: Sherburn, Bartley & Scott's Last Night's Fun – Tempered . 11 November 2020 . Discogs.
- Web site: Vaughan Williams: Belonging . McNally . Adrian . . 12 October 2012 . 27 June 2024.
- Web site: The Unthanks: A new line-up . Crosby . John . John Crosby music publicity/PR . September 2009 . 26 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181123200724/http://www.johncrosby.plus.com/TheUnthanks.html . 23 November 2018 . dead .
- Rogers, Jude . Jude Rogers . 25 March 2020 . Ongoing Adventures: Rachel Unthank's Favourite Albums . . 26 March 2020.
- News: The Unthanks: 'We're miserable buggers and not afraid of it'. Adams, Tim . . 27 February 2011 . 28 April 2011.
- News: The Unthanks: Shepherd's Bush Empire, London . . 2 December 2009 . 13 March 2015 . Denselow, Robin . Robin Denselow .
- News: The Unthanks get tender with brass. McNally, Adrian . The Guardian. 8 September 2011. 28 September 2011.
- Web site: Arthur Unthank McNally . . . 8 March 2014 . 30 October 2015.