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BAND/ARTIST: Kathryn Williams
- Title: Songs from the Novel Greatest Hits
- Year Of Release: 2017
- Label: One Little Indian
- Genre: Folk
- Quality: 24-bit/48kHz FLAC
- Total Time: 00:52:36
- Total Size: 600 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Mercury-nominated singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams has announced that she will release a ‘soundtrack album’ to a brand new novel by best-selling author Laura Barnett, that follows the life of a fictional singer. Greatest Hits, the hotly-anticipated follow-up to Barnett’s novel The Versions of Us, will be published on 15th June 2017 alongside the brand new album by Kathryn Williams – Songs from the Novel Greatest Hits, which will be released the following day. The original songs are written by Kathryn Williams, with lyrics by Laura Barnett and Kathryn Williams, and will be released through One Little Indian.
Laura Barnett’s Barnett’s acclaimed debut novel The Versions of Us was a Number One Bestseller and has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK alone, while Kathryn Williams enjoyed huge success with her Sylvia Plath tribute album Hypoxia and her most recent collaborative album with jazz musician Anthony Kerr – Resonator. The artist teamed up with Romeo Stodart of The Magic Numbers to produce Songs from the Novel Greatest Hits, while his sister Michele Stodart contributed instrumentation to the record. The siblings also both contributed their signature vocals to the richly diverse album.
The novel Greatest Hits tells the story of Cass Williams, a fictional musical artist who enjoyed huge success from the early '70s, only to retire mysteriously at the height of her fame. Two decades later, she is spending a single day in her recording studio, picking out tracks for a very personal Greatest Hits album. Each chapter of Greatest Hits opens with one of these songs and takes the reader back through Cass’s life, from her childhood, through her earliest days as a singer, to the terrible crisis that caused her to flee her own life. The accompanying album by Kathryn Williams brings each song chosen for Cass’s Greatest Hits record to life, with every track written and recorded in the style of the corresponding era.
Williams isn't new to unlikely collaborations. The prolific musician has previously worked and toured with Ed Harcourt, John Martyn, Chris Difford (Squeeze), Bombay Bicycle Club, David Gray, Ray Lamontagne, and made two further albums as a member of bands The Crayonettes and The Pond. Now she has teamed up with author Laura Barnett to create something totally distinctive and inspiring.
Talking about the project, the respected singer said: “After making my album Hypoxia inspired by The Bell Jar (which was born out of a commission to celebrate Sylvia Plath) I didn’t think that I would be collaborating with another author so soon – and a living one to boot!
"I got a call from Laura after she had heard me on Cerys Matthews’ BBC6Music show talking about Hypoxia. She asked me if I was up for working on a parallel project to bring her fictional songwriter’s songs to life. Since then, we have co-written a group of 16 songs, cried, laughed and become close friends. It has been a joyous project of immersing ourselves into the character, the ups and downs of her career and her personal life.”
Tracklist:
1 01. Kathryn Williams - Common Ground (04:15)
1 02. Kathryn Williams - Architect (02:53)
1 03. Kathryn Williams - Living Free (03:51)
1 04. Kathryn Williams - I Wrote You a Love Song (03:01)
1 05. Kathryn Williams - Just Us Two (02:12)
1 06. Kathryn Williams - Road of Shadows (02:44)
1 07. Kathryn Williams - Don't Step on the Cracks (03:02)
1 08. Kathryn Williams - She Wears a Dress (02:08)
1 09. Kathryn Williams - Lilies (03:30)
1 10. Kathryn Williams - Brightest Star (02:48)
1 11. Kathryn Williams - In This Garden (03:18)
1 12. Kathryn Williams - Queen of the Snow (03:20)
1 13. Kathryn Williams - Home (02:25)
1 14. Kathryn Williams - Edge of the World (03:50)
1 15. Kathryn Williams - Gethsemane (05:22)
1 16. Kathryn Williams - When Morning Comes (03:48)
Laura Barnett’s Barnett’s acclaimed debut novel The Versions of Us was a Number One Bestseller and has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK alone, while Kathryn Williams enjoyed huge success with her Sylvia Plath tribute album Hypoxia and her most recent collaborative album with jazz musician Anthony Kerr – Resonator. The artist teamed up with Romeo Stodart of The Magic Numbers to produce Songs from the Novel Greatest Hits, while his sister Michele Stodart contributed instrumentation to the record. The siblings also both contributed their signature vocals to the richly diverse album.
The novel Greatest Hits tells the story of Cass Williams, a fictional musical artist who enjoyed huge success from the early '70s, only to retire mysteriously at the height of her fame. Two decades later, she is spending a single day in her recording studio, picking out tracks for a very personal Greatest Hits album. Each chapter of Greatest Hits opens with one of these songs and takes the reader back through Cass’s life, from her childhood, through her earliest days as a singer, to the terrible crisis that caused her to flee her own life. The accompanying album by Kathryn Williams brings each song chosen for Cass’s Greatest Hits record to life, with every track written and recorded in the style of the corresponding era.
Williams isn't new to unlikely collaborations. The prolific musician has previously worked and toured with Ed Harcourt, John Martyn, Chris Difford (Squeeze), Bombay Bicycle Club, David Gray, Ray Lamontagne, and made two further albums as a member of bands The Crayonettes and The Pond. Now she has teamed up with author Laura Barnett to create something totally distinctive and inspiring.
Talking about the project, the respected singer said: “After making my album Hypoxia inspired by The Bell Jar (which was born out of a commission to celebrate Sylvia Plath) I didn’t think that I would be collaborating with another author so soon – and a living one to boot!
"I got a call from Laura after she had heard me on Cerys Matthews’ BBC6Music show talking about Hypoxia. She asked me if I was up for working on a parallel project to bring her fictional songwriter’s songs to life. Since then, we have co-written a group of 16 songs, cried, laughed and become close friends. It has been a joyous project of immersing ourselves into the character, the ups and downs of her career and her personal life.”
Tracklist:
1 01. Kathryn Williams - Common Ground (04:15)
1 02. Kathryn Williams - Architect (02:53)
1 03. Kathryn Williams - Living Free (03:51)
1 04. Kathryn Williams - I Wrote You a Love Song (03:01)
1 05. Kathryn Williams - Just Us Two (02:12)
1 06. Kathryn Williams - Road of Shadows (02:44)
1 07. Kathryn Williams - Don't Step on the Cracks (03:02)
1 08. Kathryn Williams - She Wears a Dress (02:08)
1 09. Kathryn Williams - Lilies (03:30)
1 10. Kathryn Williams - Brightest Star (02:48)
1 11. Kathryn Williams - In This Garden (03:18)
1 12. Kathryn Williams - Queen of the Snow (03:20)
1 13. Kathryn Williams - Home (02:25)
1 14. Kathryn Williams - Edge of the World (03:50)
1 15. Kathryn Williams - Gethsemane (05:22)
1 16. Kathryn Williams - When Morning Comes (03:48)
Year 2017 | Folk | HD & Vinyl
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