Richard Ashcroft: 'You can feel the lineage from Urban Hymns'

The former Verve vocalist is revisiting some of his old songs for Acoustic Hymns Vol 1, an album recorded at Abbey Road that includes a guest appearance by Liam Gallagher 

Richard Ashcroft releases Acoustic Hymns Volume 1. Picture: Dean Chalkney

Richard Ashcroft explains that his throat is hoarse on the back of two recent sold-out performances at the London Palladium, his first shows since a plan to take his songs around the world with various orchestras were shelved.

Not one to be stopped by a global pandemic, the swaggering front-man has mustered his forces and reworked the back catalogue for the new long-player Acoustic Hymns Vol 1, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London.