Ginny Hawker - Letters from My Father - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

(LP + CD set) Mark The Hard Earth is a very impressive contemporary Scottish folk album, with a strong, slow-growing charm. Irish American multi-instrumentalist Tim O'Brien adds the sonic equivalent of subtle marker pen highlights to many songs with his mandolin, banjo, ukulele and harmony vocals. Roy Dodds (drums) Ewen Vernal (bass), Donald Shaw (keyboards) and guitarist Ian Carr play alongside producer and fiddlerJohn McCusker and Kris. Irish singer Heidi Talbot duets with Drever on The Banks of the Nile, as before, the album mixes old andnew writing. Album Tracks 1. Mark the Hard Earth 2. This Old Song 3. Shining Star 4. Allegory 5. Wild Hurricane 6. Sweet Honey in the Rock 7. O' A' the Airts 8. The Call and the Answer 9. The Crown of London 10. The Banks of the Nile 11. Freedom Come A'ye

Album Tracks 1. Play Me the Waltz of the Angels 2. The Back of Your Hand 3. I Couldn't Find My Walking Shoes 4. Wall of Bottles 5. Blues in My Mind 6. Old River 7. I'll Be There 8. Gonna Write Me a Letter 9. If You Go I'll Follow 10. Jesus Is the Rock 11. This Last Request 12. I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep 13. The Testing Times

Responsible for managing his career, including his rather belated early '90's breakthrough, the late Irish folk troubadour Christie Hennessy's daughter, Hermione, steps out from behind the scenes to pay tribute to her much-loved dad on her debut solo record, Songs My Father Taught Me. Previously a backing singer on his records, the classically trained pianist finally decided to take center stage following the wishes of her father, who drew up a list of songs he thought would be compatible with her lilting Joni Mitchell-esque tones, before his death in 2007. Album Tracks 1. He Never Fades 2. When Love Was Young 3. Fall at Your Feet 4. Wise Up 5. Oh Jealous Heart 6. Echoes of Love 7. The Edge of the Moon 8. Way Over Yonder 9. Make Me a Channel of Your Peace 10. Don't Even Think About It 11. Hello Again 12. You'll Never Walk Alone 13. Soho Square