Stephen Oliver’s voice packs all the tonal shifts of a heavy-duty gearbox. 
The resonance is bedrock; Richard Burton, Dylan Thomas, Ken Nordine rolled into one. Matt Ottley’s compositions make for a collaboration of high originality, moving effortlessly through modern classical, rock, blues, and jazz notation. Oliver’s poems challenge, delight, and entertain. Beat for beat, groove for groove, Oliver & Ottley perfectly counterpoint one another. The words and the music deliver exactly what this recording promises: a King Hit. Poems written and read by Stephen Oliver. Music composed by Matt Ottley except the accompaniment to “The Gray Glas Song”, which is a free improvisation by Willy McElroy on the bodhran. Stephen Oliver (words) grew up in Brooklyn-west, Wellington, New Zealand. He has travelled extensively and up until recently lived in Australia for 20 years. His most recent collection of poetry is titled Either Side The Horizon (Titu...