The REAL Norman Lamont inflicts music with gratuitous violins!

Singer-songwriter Norman Lamont - NOT the former UK cabinet minister - announces Edinburgh Festival dates to air his new album 'The Wolf Who Snared the Moon'. This collection of witty and elegant songs has been described in one review as 'belting genius!'

(PRWEB) August 13, 2004 -- From the opening bars of the first track, featuring massed mandolins, tango rhythms, swirls of Hammond organ and a metal guitar solo, it's clear that fitting into musical marketing categories is not high on this songwriter's priority list. Traditional 'love' topics are few and far between, in a world where spirits hover above a couple making love, wolves stand in the shadows, characters find eyeballs in unexpected places and Bob Dylan wanders through a landscape of Dylan clones.

You can listen and buy the album at http://www.normanlamont.com

Norman Lamont and the Innocents perform in the Edinburgh Festival:

Fri 20 Aug, 11.30pm Cafe Royal, 17 West Register Street Edinburgh EH2 2AA Enquiries: 0131 337 5442. Tickets 6.00 and 4.00

Fri 27 Aug, 8.30pm Waverly Bar, St Mary's St, Edinburgh - admission free.

Lamont has been well-known on the Edinburgh songwriter scene for a number of years, playing in the early days of the Songwriters Showcase at the Tron and being one of the first performers at Out of the Bedroom at the Waverly. His 'greatest hit' The Ballad of Bob Dylan was recently featured on an American Dylan tribute album, to transatlantic acclaim.