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Songs For Dreamers

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by Chris Conway

 

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Finally 05:22
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Gather Me 05:31
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Above My Head 06:04
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Time Will Tell 04:58
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Solstice Circle 06:10
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Don't Turn Away 04:27
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Damned 03:58
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Flying 04:25
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Life Road 05:21
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Leaves 02:24
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Dreamcatcher 06:42
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Sunrise 04:56
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about
A collection of dream songs for dreamers.
Big harmonies and Celtic music go side by side, with jazz and world music touches all with CCs wonderful voice.

"A gorgeous new collection of songs. It’s typically mellow, upbeat and positive - bask in its summer warmth." - RocknReel Magazine


Songs for Dreamers has a touch of the US West Coast with a halo of vocal harmonies and the jangle of 9 string guitars. Add to that some Celtic roots with some Irish whistles & flutes, a hint of world music with zithers, kalimba, some jazz piano, and even a little theremin.

Chris Conway's 8th solo studio songs album features, as well as his usual West Coast harmonies (reminiscent of Crosby Stills & Nash) a stronger Celtic element - 3 songs have definite Celtic roots - perhaps due to his increasing work with Irish band Govannen. There are also some world music touches, 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. As Chris explains, "One song (Above My Head) came to me from waking at 4am, I grabbed a pad hey presto - it was written. I wish all songs came that easily." He also went for quite a dreamy atmosphere with the halo of lush vocal harmonies one of the threads that weave through the album.

Lost songs.
Songs for Dreamers is also an album of lost songs (or secret songs!!) Some of CCs songs have been sung by other artists and he was keen to sing his own versions of them. Some songs he had up his sleeve for years but they'd never found a home. As Chris says, "Writing Time Will Tell with Toronto singer Jodi Krangle began 8 years ago - we went back to it every few years and were quite happy with it, then when working on this album I tired a bossa rhythm and it all fell into place. I'm so glad we nailed it and got to record the song together". To these Chris added some new songs including a touching song (Flying) in memory of his mother who recently passed away.

Old songs and new, old dreams and new were woven it all together to make what may be one of his most popular albums.
credits
released 10 October 2008
Chris Conway - vocals, keyboards, acoustic & electric 9 string & nylon string guitars, tin & low Irish whistles, kalimba, theremin, zither, bodhran, samples, loops, programming, handclaps, percussion

Neil Segrott - 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, handclaps – 9, 11
Kym - vocals - 3, 6
Jodi Krangle – vocals - 4
Chloe Singer - vocals - 5
Georgina Sear - vocals - 12
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Track Name: Solstice Circle
Solstice Circle
We shall see the stones at solstice
At the rising of the sun
We will link to the love
And the spirit of everyone in the world
We will dance dance til morning
Til we're back where we've begun

We will look to the left hand
And our friends toward the right
We will trust in the Earth
And the stars that shine at night from the sky
We will know who we are
Beneath the early dawning light

Come away to the circle
Stay with me til the morning
Come away to the circle
Til the break of dawn

Well we don't know just where we're going
But we do know where we're from
But the spring it has come
And the winter is on the run like a wolf
When we gather here at solstice
We know where our hearts belong

Come away to the circle
Stay with me til the morning
Come away to the circle
Til the break of dawn