Gerry Cinnamon - The Bonny

The Guardian 80

(Little Runaway Records)
His lyrics lack the vivid character studies of old, but there is still plenty of cleverness hidden in Cinnamon’s prosaic songwriting

There’s a narrative around Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Cinnamon that he has achieved his success – selling 50,000 tickets for Hampden Park stadium in hours; a genuine phenomenon playing arenas across the UK – without the support of the media. Which is true, in the same way that it’s true that Quentin Tarantino became rich and famous without making romcoms. Both were choices, not circumstances forced on them.

Word of Cinnamon reached the Guardian in 2016 when he started selling out biggish rooms in Glasgow; it rapidly became apparent he wasn’t interested in talking to us, or to anyone else, really. There have been very few interviews and reviews: his public profile is in inverse proportion to his popularity.