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fave it like Joni | Celtic Folk
12 tracks | 60 minutes
Released Mar 2008
on Oblong Music
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:22 Finally lyrics BUY MP3 05:22 Finally lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:22 Finally
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:31 Gather Me lyrics BUY MP3 05:31 Gather Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:31 Gather Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:04 Above My Head lyrics BUY MP3 06:04 Above My Head lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:04 Above My Head
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:58 Time Will Tell lyrics BUY MP3 04:58 Time Will Tell lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:58 Time Will Tell
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:10 Solstice Circle lyrics BUY MP3 06:10 Solstice Circle lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:10 Solstice Circle
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:27 Don't Turn Away lyrics BUY MP3 04:27 Don't Turn Away lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:27 Don't Turn Away
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:58 Damned lyrics BUY MP3 03:58 Damned lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:58 Damned
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:25 Flying lyrics BUY MP3 04:25 Flying lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:25 Flying
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:21 Life Road lyrics BUY MP3 05:21 Life Road lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:21 Life Road
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:24 Leaves lyrics BUY MP3 02:24 Leaves lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:24 Leaves
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:42 Dreamcatcher lyrics BUY MP3 06:42 Dreamcatcher lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:42 Dreamcatcher
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:56 Sunrise lyrics BUY MP3 04:56 Sunrise lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:56 Sunrise
Take a touch of West Coast with a halo of vocal harmonies, add some Celtic with some Irish whistles & flutes, a hint of world music zithers, kalimba, jazz, and a little theremin.
Bio / Background
Chris Conway's new songs album finds him in a dreamy state of mind.
There are his usual West Coast stylings with a halo vocal harmonies, plus this time there is a stronger Celtic element - perhaps due to his increacing work with Iish band Govannen. There is also some world music touches and a straight jazz ballad (Damned) and a bossa (Time Will Tell). But it's all obviously Chris Conway at work - the multi-instrumental wizardry, the detailed layered production and that soulful voice.
Dreams
Dreams have played quite a regular part in Chris's songwriting in the past and that is acknowledged here. Some songs came about through a dream and one song (Above My Head) came to him from waking at 4am, he grabbed a pad hey presto - it was written. He also went for quite a dreamy atmosphere with the halo of complex vocal harmonies one of the threads that weave through the album.
Lost songs.
It is also an album of lost or secret songs.
↓ more ↓Some of CCs songs appeared on albums by other artists, some songs he had up his sleeve for years but they'd never found a home. Writing Time Will Tell with Toronto singer Jodi Krangle began 8 years ago - quite why it took so long to finish or get recorded is a mystery. To these Chris added some new songs and wove it all together to make what may be one of his most popular albums.
Instrumentation
Chris Conway - vocals, piano, keyboards, acoustic & electric 9 string guitars, nylon string guitar, tin and low Irish whistles, kalimba, theremin, zither, bodhran, handclaps, percussion
Neil Segrott - fretless and fretted bass - 1, 3, 6, 11
Zorpinda Zorpin – percussion, keyboards, handclaps – 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11
Dan Britton - bodhran, percussion - 2, 5
Bridget McMahon - vocals, violin – 9, 11
Kym - vocals - 3, 6
Jodi Krangle – vocals - 4
Chloe Singer - vocals – 5
Georgina Sear - vocals - 11
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