28-09-2020, 19:56
DYBLE, LONGDON ~ Between A Breath And A Breath
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The last recording folk icon Judy Dyble made before she passed away on the 12th of July this year – released on September 25th. A collaboration with David Longdon of Big Big Train, it is the result of a friendship that developed after she’d been to one of their shows. She wrote the words, he wrote the music, and together they came up with a very listenable, somewhat whimsical, wry and slightly haunting album.
David Longdon is a multi-instrumentalist so took care of quite a few sounds (with aplomb I might add) and other musicians were involved as well – it’s folk/rock with progressive leanings and occasional jazzy flourishes. Judy Dyble had emphysema and was then diagnosed with lung cancer so it must have been a huge challenge to get this right. Although there is no discussion anywhere about the title being intended to say anything about that, of course it does. As swansongs go - it's a coup, I'd say.
Huh! Spotted a name that Jerome will recognise, if I’m not mistaken – Dave Sturt on fretless bass on this one … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fly92c3J4I
The epic “France” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI8f_SMNDSQ
“Whisper” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=503iw0W-67g
The title track …
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The last recording folk icon Judy Dyble made before she passed away on the 12th of July this year – released on September 25th. A collaboration with David Longdon of Big Big Train, it is the result of a friendship that developed after she’d been to one of their shows. She wrote the words, he wrote the music, and together they came up with a very listenable, somewhat whimsical, wry and slightly haunting album.
David Longdon is a multi-instrumentalist so took care of quite a few sounds (with aplomb I might add) and other musicians were involved as well – it’s folk/rock with progressive leanings and occasional jazzy flourishes. Judy Dyble had emphysema and was then diagnosed with lung cancer so it must have been a huge challenge to get this right. Although there is no discussion anywhere about the title being intended to say anything about that, of course it does. As swansongs go - it's a coup, I'd say.
Huh! Spotted a name that Jerome will recognise, if I’m not mistaken – Dave Sturt on fretless bass on this one … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fly92c3J4I
The epic “France” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI8f_SMNDSQ
“Whisper” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=503iw0W-67g
The title track …
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