25 March 2010
'Finding his groove' by BRUCE DENNILL
“Blogging is not for everyone,” says Cape Town-based singer-songwriter Ian Henderson, whose own musings at
www.ianhenderson.com paint a picture of a man with the adventurous spirit of Ernest Hemingway, but without the violent impulses and the ego. “I’ve been drifting around, trying to find an angle.” This searching for a model that works becomes a thread of our conversation.
20 November 2009
'Strong bond' by BRUCE DENNILL
Ian Henderson dealt with the “difficult second album” issue by producing a masterwork in 2008’s Superglue, a world-class, soul-enriching collection. Does that make his next release – he plans to start recording in Stockholm in March – the “impossible third album”?
“It comes down to the writing,” says Henderson, packing his bags in preparation for a two-month spell in Argentina (“I’m going to play; work with a flamenco teacher; write; do some research”). “It’s also partly to do with the break I had after the first record (2003’s Freefall). I came back, and I’d changed a lot. I went right back to looking at melody, for instance.”
23 June 2009
Evan Milton interviews Ian Henderson for The Argus...
"Ian Henderson leads a baker's dozen of fellow songwriters in the winter warming The Song's The Thing - a showcase of musical talent and a forum for experimentation and expression. He recently released a new album, Superglue, created in South Africa and Sweden, with contributions from a host of Scandinavian sessions musicians - and a rural Swedish orchestra. But more of that later..."
27 May 2009
Chances are, if you haven’t heard of Ian Henderson yet, you will soon. This Cape Town-based artist, who cites influences such as John Mayer, has just released his latest album, Superglue, a collaborative effort that saw Henderson working and recording with musicians from across the world, many of whom he had never met in person. MIO caught up with Ian to find out a bit more about this process and to get his take on making and promoting music in the current media environment.
