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Kinver is a large village in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England. It is in the far south-west of the county, at the end of the narrow finger of land surrounded by the counties of Shropshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands. The nearest towns are Stourbridge in the West Midlands, and Kidderminster in Worcestershire. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal passes through, running close to the course of the meandering River Stour. According to the 2011 census Kinver ward had a population of 7,225.
Kinver is an English folk-pop act whose début album The Stone House was officially released on August 19, 2013. The album was made available for download a few months prior to this in March 2013. The Stone House was recorded in Sutton St. Nicholas in Herefordshire, and Rockfield Studios in Monmouth throughout 2012.
It contains ten original songs which are as follows:
- The Lights
- The Will to Dance
- From the Start
- Ten Thousand
- Silent Void
- Turning to Night
- Waste in Chains
- Lonelier Souls
- Basket
- Halfway Home
The album was produced by Matt Butler (who has previously worked with many well known musicians including Sir Paul McCartney) and mixed by Jon Kelly (who produced albums by Kate Bush).
The Stone House has been described in reviews as 'an album with an emotional pull and lyrical depth' and 'unashamedly considered, mature, reserved even and all the better for it'