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The Thing About Clouds
Launched at The 12 Bar Club in Soho, London, in July 2004 (see REVIEWS/ARTICLES on this site) this album is a collection of original songs which has contributions from a host of truly wonderful musicians, poets and singers including
(in no particular order) Frank McLaughlin, Amy Baldwin, Gillian MacDonald, Gordon Duncan, Steve Davis, Ivo Neame, Richard Herdman, Jelaluddin Rumi, Annie Moss, Mel Green, Gillian Corderoy, Charlie Mee, Steven Wilcox, Mike McDaid, Conan McDonnell, Alison Rayner, Sarah Malleson and Dinah Maria Craik.
01 Let's Be Friends
02 If Time Flies
03 Only Something I'd Heard
04 Quietness *
05 A Goodbye Gift
06 The Sad **
07 An Attempt At The Blues
08 Home
09 Misunderstanding
10 Only Part Of What I Need
11 The Careers Advisor's Lament
12 Friendship ***
* Poem by Jelaluddin Rumi
** Poem by Gillian Corderoy
*** Poem by Dinah Maria Craik
The Unquiet Brave
My busking CD - this is a collection of well known traditional folk songs that I sing unaccompanied, just as I do on the street.
01 Sweet Thames Flow Softly *
02 Greensleeves
03 Scarborough Fair
04 My Lagan Love
05 Rare's Hill
06 Danny Boy
07 The Water Is Wide
08 She Moved Thru' The Fair
09 False, False
10 The Sally Gardens
11 The Parting Glass
* Written by Ewan McColl
All other tracks traditional
Out Of The Wood
An extraordinarily beautiful album of Scottish Folk by two of the best - Gillian Mac Donald and Frank McLaughlin.
I appear on the very last track - a haunting and wonderful acapella arrangement of "Macrimmon's Lament".
My favourite track, though, is "Johnny My Man" - let me know if you agree.
Contact: claytara.music@virgin.net
Montage
This is Canadian singer songwriter Lisa Dery's first album and is a delightful mix of self-penned songs.
My contribution is minor in the backing vocals and I'm hard pushed to name a favourite as there are so many I like on it - maybe "To My Sister" (track 3) - you can find more details on Lisa's website.
www.lisadery.com
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