Corinne's Promise after remote cabin experience.

Byline: Andy Coleman

CALIFORNIAN singer Corinne West decided to get away from it all to record her third album, The Promise.

It was made in a remote town called Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, in a cabin converted into a studio, resting on the quiet shore of a secluded lake.

Corinne flew to British Columbia from California, her engineer made the long journey from Nashville with over 1500 lbs of recording equipment in his van, and her co-producer Doug Cox trekked from Vancouver Island.

Harrison consists of a handful of houses, a campground, a few stores and a couple of hotels at one end of a 47 mile lake, surrounded by majestic mountains. The results of all the effort can be heard when Corinne performs at the Red Lion, Kings Heath, tomorrow.

The Promise is the follow-up to her first two albums, Bound For The Living and Second Sight.

As a child Corinne had her first taste of music when her grandfather, who had taught her to dance, took her to honky tonk clubs where authentic country tunes were performed.

At the age 15, she left home to live in a converted yellow school-bus occupied by nomadic artists and activists because she "felt things might be really right somewhere else."

She ended up a few years later back in California in a remote mountain town, making her home in a cabin that had been built by her great grandfather. All the time she'd been making music which can be described as roots, Americana or progressive folk. Radio 2 DJ Bob Harris has given her his seal of approval, saying: "I love Corinne's music. She has spirit, integrity and talent. I am a massive fan."

CORINNE WEST Tomorrow: Red Lion, Vicarage Rd, Kings Heath. Tickets: 0121 472 4253.

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Getting away from it all: Californian singer Corinne West.