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Ik vind het adembenemend mooi. 

Martin Green van Lau schreef over dit album:
“This record has a truly transportive quality to it. Jemima’s other-worldly vocal is carried on a river of tasteful instrumentation. A beautiful thing.”

Jemima Thewes is a singer-songwriter who grew up in the highlands of Scotland in an atmospheric landscape which continues to help fuel the bones of her material.

She sings traditional songs and her own material. A lover of ballads, but too shy to share them with anyone, it wasn't until 2013 when she was greatly impacted by an illness which took her to the edge of her life and back again that she truly found her voice and began writing songs in earnest. 

Jemima writes songs that are deeply textured with layers of grit, tenderness, mischief, humour and wisdom. Her debut album 'Calling' is inspired by the fleetingness of life and the tragicomedy-ness of human existence. It was recorded and produced by producer and multi-instrumentalist Tim Lane (Hidden Orchestra) who also accompanies Jemima musically on a potent array of rhythmic tuned percussion, drum kit and backing vocals.

The album holds new work written by Jemima, plus a traditional ballad and features various musician pals to create an enveloping folksy fusion of dark songs and bright, deep rhythms. With lyrics and melodies that creep up and catch you unawares and beats that get you moving in spirit and body. These cloud-hopping tales are told by warm, powerful vocals and carried on a bed of heavy, playful percussion and strings, evoking highland landscapes, the underworld and transformation. 

The musician pals featured are: Morag Brown and Kate Young on fiddles, Misha Somerville on low whistle, Jem Le Lievre on bass guitar, on top of the core 4-piece band of David Boyter on guitar and mandolin, Susan Appelbe on cello, Tim Lane on tongue drum, kit, and backing vocals, and Jemima on voice, ukulele, tenor guitar, bass guitar, shruti box and jaws harp.

Tracks:
01 – Water
02 – Borders
03 – Elie Sands
04 – Moon
05 – Calling
06 – Death & the Lady
07 – Fragile Flower
08 – Avril 14th
09 – Light from Your Eyes
10 – Lay out Your Soul
11 – Small and Wild
12 – Devil on the Dancefloor

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzOjUyuVLXk