Just Another Diamond Day

Product Information

Shortly after the release of "Train Song", Bunyan found herself without a record label, and with the help of her brother organized a showing of her songs to Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl. Bunyan recalled the meeting did not impress the two; however, their suggestions for her inspired Bunyan to pursue the solemn atmosphere present in her music. [5] Hearing word of Donovan's intention to establish a musical commune, Bunyan and fellow bohemian student, Robert Lewis, travelled through Scotland on horse and carriage. Donovan's project never developed; however, the nearly two-year journey gave Bunyan the opportunity to pen an album's worth of material. [6] These songs so impressed record producer Joe Boyd, whom Bunyan happened upon on her travels, that he left her a standing invitation to record them when Bunyan concluded her wandering. Writer Keith Wallace has stated Boyd's affluence of experience producing exotic musical acts and expert mixing abilities would prove invaluable as Bunyan came off a long hiatus from recording. [7] And there I was standing in front of a microphone for the first time in 30 years and my voice came out and it was exactly the same. I don’t know if it was because I hadn’t used it all during that time, or if it’s like putting something in a cupboard and finding it again, but it just sounded the same. Leach, Jeanette (2010). Seasons They Change: The Story of Acid and Psychedelic Folk . Jawbone Publishing. pp.120–121. ISBN 9781906002671. Rather unkind things had been said about it,” she said of her debut. “That it was just nursery rhymes for children. That it was nothing.”

And you two were heading to Donovan's commune in the Hebridean Islands off the coast of Scotland, right? Friend, fellow folk singer and longtime fan Devendra Banhart reportedly writes her name on his arm before some concerts. Bunyan’s latest work is her least folksy yet. Heartleap was largely self-recorded and self-produced on digital technology she recently mastered herself when a music tech course refused to take her on, being a woman of a certain age. After stints with Joe Boyd (who produced JADD) and Max Richter (who produced Lookaftering), Bunyan has finally seized the means of production, an unlikely riot grrrl.I can’t sing loudly. If I try, it doesn’t work. I don’t know where it comes from. Well, some of it maybe comes from my father who loved choral music and I always wanted to be a choirboy. Of course, that never happened! Jennifer Vashti Bunyan (born in 1945) is an english singer-songwriter originating from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. She moved to London at 6 months old. Murphy, Matthew. "Vashti Bunyan: Just Another Diamond Day". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved 6 September 2015. [ permanent dead link]

Before Lookaftering and Heartleap, I’d never performed live. I hardly ever did shows when I was young because I was much more interested in recording and writing than I was in performing.In 2011, Bunyan's cover of the late John Martyn's "Head and Heart" appeared on the tribute album, Johnny Boy Would Love This...A Tribute to John Martyn. [23] Also, I guess I didn’t do too much promotion. At that time, if you didn’t go out on the road, if you didn’t do live performances, it was very difficult for anybody to promote you. And I had chosen not to do that, so really it was nobody else’s fault but mine. If it hadn’t been for Joe, I would never have recorded those songs at all. But if you ask me why I abandoned it, it was because I didn’t feel it was really a part of me anymore. In 2008, Bunyan was labelled "the Godmother of Freak Folk" [27] for her role in inspiring the "new generation of folk experimentalists including Devendra Banhart and Adem". [27] [28] Her music has also been categorized as folk, psychedelic folk, or new folk. [29] Mutual Benefit Covers An Entire Vashti Bunyan Album". NPR. 30 May 2017 . Retrieved 12 January 2021.

Winter Is Blue" (an unreleased acetate from 1966; different from Tonite Lets All Make Love in London version) Reebok "Join The Migration" ". YouTube. 23 July 2008. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021 . Retrieved 12 August 2014. Disillusioned, Bunyanreturned to Scotland where she dedicated her life to raising her family. But like a time capsule, over the years “Just Another Diamond Day” was discoveredby new generations and increasing numbers of enthusiasts began to seek its treasures. The albums popularity grew with each reissue and firmly found its place in the world, reigniting Bunyans call to live the musical dream of her 17 year-old self some 30 years after the debut that destroyed it. I think I was always musical. I used to sing myself to sleep every night and I listened to music all throughout my childhood. My father had an enormous collection of classical records. It’s all very familiar to me now. I know nothing about who wrote what or what things are called, but all of that music is in my head. And I think I terribly wanted to be a pop singer from the age of about 16 or 17. That was what I wanted. But I didn’t start writing songs until I was 18. A cover of "Train Song" performed by Ben Gibbard and Feist appeared on Dark Was The Night, a charity compilation benefiting HIV/AIDS awareness and the Red Hot Organization. It was released by 4AD on 17 February 2009.Alex, Michael. " 'If I could take off to the hills I probably would,' says 'Godmother of freak folk' Vashti Bunyan ahead of rare Fife gig". The Courier . Retrieved 8 December 2019. I'd Like to Walk Around in Your Mind" (an unreleased 1967 Immediate Records acetate, produced by Mike Hurst) When I came out of the studio, I was literally walking on air. I remember phoning my daughter and saying, ‘I want to make an album. I want to make another album. I want to do some writing. I want to do some more.’ Young, Rob (2010). Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music . Faber and Faber. pp.41–42. ISBN 9780865478565. And for me, that was just devastating. To think that I’d made somebody else so unhappy was just awful.