''Don't Stop Singing'' is a collaboration album between the

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singer-songwriters

Thea Gilmore Thea Eve Gilmore (born 25 November 1979), also known as Afterlight, is an English singer-songwriter. She has released more than twenty albums since her 1998 debut, '' Burning Dorothy''. She has had three top 40 entries on the UK Albums Chart an ...

and the late

Sandy Denny Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as " guably the pre-eminent British folk-rock sin ...

. In late 2010, Gilmore was commissioned by Sandy Denny’s estate, in conjunction with Island Records, to write melodies for unfinished manuscripts, lyrics without music, and works in progress and so to finally bring some of Denny's last works to the world.

Reception

Caroline Sullivan of ''

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'' wrote that "if any British singer was the woman for the job, it was Gilmore, whose tender style is profoundly reminiscent of Denny's", and called the album "a gem in its own right". ''

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s Nick Coleman called it a "slightly over-orchestrated set of semi-powerful ballads, which is deeply felt and worthy of your interest."

Tracks

All songs were written by Sandy Denny and Thea Gilmore except where noted # "Glistening Bay" – 4:28 # "Don't Stop Singing " – 4:12 # "Frozen Time" – 3:09 # "Goodnight" – 3:20 # "London" – 4:38 # "Pain In My Heart" # "Sailor" # "Song #4" # "Long Time Gone" # "Georgia"

Personnel

– vocals, guitar *Benji Kirkpatrick – guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, panjo *

Nigel Stonier Nigel Stonier (born 10 December 1956) is an English rock, Folk music, roots and pop record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Biography He was born in Cheshire, but first relocated to London when, at the age of 17 he secured a pub ...

– guitar, piano, harmonium, bass, ukulele, melodica, harmonica * John Kirkpatrick – accordion, concertina *Paul Beavis – drums, percussion

References

{{Authority control 2011 albums Folk albums by British artists Thea Gilmore albums Sandy Denny albums Island Records albums