1. Glistening Bay
2. Don't Stop Me Singing
3. Frozen Time
4. Goodnight
5. London
6. Pain In My Heart
7. Sailor
8. Long Time Gone
9. Song No. 4
10. Georgia
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057MFA60/?tag=imwan-20http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0057MFA60/?tag=imwan-21Here's an interesting project, Sandy's unpublished lyrics put to Thea's new melodies.
SANDY DENNY was the seminal English singer/songwriter, the first UK female singer/songwriter to secure a major record deal when she signed for Island in 1970. Prior to this she was a member of Fairport Convention, with whom she cut some of that band's most iconic songs. Denny recorded four hugely acclaimed albums for Island, found time for many innovative side-projects and duetted with Robert Plant on Led Zeppelin's legendary fourth album, all before her tragically early death in 1978.
Years after Sandy's passing, THEA GILMORE has blazed a fiercely independent trail since starting her recording career, which has seen her gather fans such as Bruce Springsteen and Joan Baez.
The story behind "Don't Stop Singing" spans almost 33 years and 3 continents... After Sandy Denny's death, all of her belongings were shipped to Australia when husband Trevor Lucas moved back. It was in late 2007 that the writer and designer Phil Smee was commissioned to prepare the artwork for a commemorative box set of Sandy's BBC recordings. A major Denny fan himself, for this task he was given access to many of Sandy's remaining notebooks and general paperwork. Although by no means the first person to be granted this, but he was the first to notice what appeared to be lyrics for several more songs amongst the manuscripts. Further investigation between Smee, Island records and the guardians of Sandy's estate subsequently unearthed up to twenty sets of lyrics from the manuscripts.
Thea Gilmore was soon identified as the artiste with the talent, integrity and the musical and personal empathy to bring these works to fruition. Her melodic abilities and, in particular, her quintessentially English crystalline voice have on occasions been compared to Sandy... The words themselves bear the trademark qualities that Sandy carried throughout her career. At times they are troubled - Sandy's restless nature and battling of her personal demons is well documented - but always honest, economical in style, never self pitying. `Don't Stop Singing' is a work of the rarest beauty.
http://www.sandydennyofficial.com/news/ ... ndy-denny/Island Records are excited to announce that October 24th heralds the release of an important new album. Thea Gilmore and Sandy Denny release Don't Stop Singing, a collaboration across the generations between Thea and Sandy.
In late 2010 Thea Gilmore was commissioned by Sandy's estate, in conjunction with Island Records, to write melodies for unfinished manuscripts, lyrics without music, and works in progress to finally bring some of Sandy's last works to the world.
Don't Stop Singing is the result. An album of 10 beautiful songs, Thea's peerless voice and melodic gifts bring the Denny spirit and vision into the 21st century.
The album ranges from the uplifting 'Glistening Bay', an epihany rooted in stirring natural imagery borne along by piano and sweeping strings, to the dark personal imagery of 'Pain In My Heart' and 'Long Time Gone' to the exquisitely fragile lullaby 'Georgia'... all tied together by the title track, a pithy and infectiously catchy nod to the enduring power of music.
The strings on Don't Stop Singing were arranged and led by gifted young Scottish musician Donald Grant, who featured to great acclaim last year on Kate Rusby's Make The Light album.
Other guests on a truly generation-transcending album include Benji Kirkpatrick from Bellowhead and his legendary acordion playing father John Kirkpatrick, who himself featured on Sandy.
It's been an affecting journey for Thea, who grew up both geographically and spiritually close to Sandy and the Fairport’s world. It's also a piece of work she feels deeply proud of.
Don't Stop Singing is an unprecedented meeting of musical minds. And also a work of spine-tingling beauty.
Listen to the opening song from the album 'Glistening Bay' on SoundCloud
