RM Hubbert - Telling The Trees (2016)

A Scottish guitarist and singer/songwriter who has been a staple of the burgeoning Glasgow music scene since the early 1990s, Robert McArthur Hubbert, who prefers to go by RM Hubbert, is known for his innovative, flamenco-inspired guitar style and evocative solo outings, as well as his work with Glaswegian post-rockers El Hombre Trajeado. Hubbert's signature guitar style developed, almost therapeutically, after the tragic death of both his parents. His first collection of solo pieces, First & Last, was released independently in 2009, and resulted in a record deal with the prominent Scottish label Chemikal Underground, who would go on to issue 2012's Scottish Album of the Year Award-winning Thirteen Lost & Found, which found Hubbert collaborating with Alasdair Roberts, the Delgados' Emma Pollack, and Arab Strap's Aiden Moffat, as well as 2013's Breaks & Bone, the first outing to feature Hubbert on vocals, and 2014's collection of B-sides, Ampersand Extras. ~ James Christopher Monger.