By the Fireside
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By the Fireside is a pseudonym for Daniel Lea, an alternative rock
and Americana
musical artist from the United Kingdom
. Lea explained that he uses a pseudonym because he often works with various session musicians in his musical projects.
Lea recorded two extended play
releases, first Battles that Add Up to None followed by Then Came Noon. Both were released in 2007 under the name By the Fireside, and both achieved moderate success. Lea recorded the debut album The Great Hartford Fire in late 2007, and released it on 26 January 2008 through the Australian based record label
, Rogue Records, a sub-company of and Inertia Distribution
. The album followed the mystery of the Hartford circus fire
in Connecticut
in 1944. Lea recorded the album in his own self-built home studio. Responses to the album from reviewers have been positive.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
and Americana
Americana (music)
Americana is an amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles...
musical artist from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Lea explained that he uses a pseudonym because he often works with various session musicians in his musical projects.
Lea recorded two extended play
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
releases, first Battles that Add Up to None followed by Then Came Noon. Both were released in 2007 under the name By the Fireside, and both achieved moderate success. Lea recorded the debut album The Great Hartford Fire in late 2007, and released it on 26 January 2008 through the Australian based record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, Rogue Records, a sub-company of and Inertia Distribution
Inertia Distribution
Inertia is an independent record company based in Sydney, Australia. It was established in March 2000 by Ashley Sellers. Inertia releases exclusively the music from many of the world’s most prominent independent labels...
. The album followed the mystery of the Hartford circus fire
Hartford Circus Fire
The Hartford Circus Fire, which occurred on July 6, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut, was one of the worst fire disasters in the history of the United States...
in Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
in 1944. Lea recorded the album in his own self-built home studio. Responses to the album from reviewers have been positive.