Ray Cooper in Concert

A rare London appearance by former Oysterband multi-instrumentalist Ray "Chopper" Cooper in concert, promoting his recent album, Palace of Tears.

In 2012 Ray Cooper won three Radio 2 Folk Awards for the album Ragged Kingdom with Oysterband and singer, June Tabor. Since leaving the band he has produced two solo albums, the historically themed, Tales of Love War and Death by Hanging and the more recent, singer/songwriter collection, Palace of Tears, focusing on life in Nothern Europe. He lives in Sweden and tours extensively in Europe.

About the album he says:
It is a bittersweet album about living and working in Northern Europe over the last quarter century. I tried to avoid nostalgia but many songs deal with the past and how it can never be reclaimed. The sound of the album is placed firmly in Northern Europe too, with the addition of Swedish musicians and some songs that reference Scotland, Sweden and my roots. All of this seen through the prism of the Swedish winter as I look out from my studio.