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WISPERAU

by Darren Black

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1.
Pale Winter Blue 03:55
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Ice forms, the shadows are here Winter, her beauty is clear Those who must sleep miss the best Season to lay down to rest White storm, blackthorn Frost flower, silver Moon shows her face Holed as the whiteout begins Glistening field of sequins Rare crystal blanket these days Once where it was commonplace White storm, blackthorn Frost flower, silver Moon shows her face Dawn spills the night into day Deer make their silent display Watch as the sky changes hue From pink to pale winter blue
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Blackthorn : Whitestorm 03:15
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Chalk Streams In Sunbeams 04:03
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Cold days are over, gone now to bed Winter lays down weary head Time now to feel how the warmth on my skin Tells me it’s all to begin Thrush starts to nest In white blossomed hedge Soon she’ll be gone like the rest Going home again Going home again Butterfly courtship, fine sight to see Dancing in circles round me Nightjars and Redstarts all to return So too the brave Arctic Tern First to survive Fifty thousand miles Back to the Solent they fly Chalk streams in sunbeams, white as a pearl Catching the light as they curl Sparrows in hedgerows sing to the day They too will be on their way Wrens soon appear Gem-like and clear Swift in the mid morning air
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Butterfly Courtship : Swift In The Mid Morning Air 02:55
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Sow It Right 04:51
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Take to the air Taste the silence anywhere Find solitude In the grassland in June So plough for the good love Don’t be bound by a bad love Sow it right, for Harvest time Will soon be here So to begin Fly the new dawn on her wing Sweet friend July With her clover evening sky So plough for the good love Don’t be bound by a bad love Sow it right, for Harvest time Will soon be here Now to let go Of the sunlight as it slows Warm as the tide In the August fading light So plough for the good love Don’t be bound by a bad love Sow it right, for Harvest time Will soon be here
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The Grassland : Fly The New Dawn 02:51
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Queen Of The Forest 03:30
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8.
Tumbling Still : Pirouette Until 02:49
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WISPERAU is my journey through Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn, with a nod to the Hampshire countryside in which I live. A song and a pair of fiddle tunes for every season - timely in their arrival but each dealing an increasingly unpredictable hand. I can remember weeks of snow in the Winter, months of parched lawn in the Summer. Odds were still on for a white Christmas. Mixed grassland with livestock grazing on pasture, brought inside only for the Winter. Swallows lined up in long rows on telegraph wires, hedgerows and hedgehogs. But, everything changes over time and this isn't a misty-eyed reflection on what has been, more an appreciation of what still is. I love the transition, the colours and the contrast, the native and migrating birds. Each season has its own distinct charm and beauty, and that is what inspired me to write this album.

WISPERAU will be released with a launch gig at The Hyde Tavern, Winchester on Friday 6th October 2017.

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released October 6, 2017

Recorded, produced & mastered by Darren Black
Spring/Summer 2017 at The Orchard, Hampshire
Instrumentation & vocals by Darren Black
All words & music by Darren Black © 2017
Recorded on a Martin OM-28 guitar & a 19th century fiddle

Artwork & sleeve design by Darren Black
Photograph by Avril Bryant

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Darren Black Winchester, UK

Darren Black is a Hampshire UK based musician, songwriter and composer whose songs are rooted in sociological and political observation. His latest album 'Empty Halls Can Feel Like crowded Rooms' was released in January 2023.

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