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Kym
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A Woman's Journey
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1
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Nothing
Greatrer Than Love
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2
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Angel
Voices
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3
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The Wise Old Man
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4
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Connected
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5
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I Thank You
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6
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The Circle
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7
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Here We Are
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8
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A Little Mantra - OM
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9
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Magical Child
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10
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Patiently
Waiting
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11
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Fields of Corn
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12
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Journey's End
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Beautiful songs with Celtic and world music
touches.
A Woman's Journey uplifts, inspires and relaxes the listener
while taking them on a personal spiritual journey.
Produced by Chris Conway.
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Kym -
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vocals |
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Chris
Conway -
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keyboards,
piano, tin & low whistles, acoustic & electric 9
string guitar, acoustic nylon string guitar, zither, electric
kantele, vocals, percussion
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Bernie Devine -
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acoustic
guitar 3, 7, 11 |
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Dan Britton -
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bodhran,
percussion 1, 6 |
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all
songs by by Kym/Conway except 3, 7, 11 by Kym/Devine - 2,
6 by Conway
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background
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Kym
and Chris met at a Paradise Music label party where
Kym was singing with her band Maya, and Chris was also
performing.
When Chris was to be the producer of Kyms album the
two set to work in an interesting way. Chris would compose
and record the music, then Kym would go away and come
up with her own melody and lyrics. Chris wrote Angel
Voices especially for Kym, and he composed the wordless
The Circle for this project too.
Also in the mix was guitarist Bernie Devine who contributed
3 tracks of music for Kym again to add melody and lyrics.
Chris then arranged, mixed and produced the album consulting
with Kym on the key points.
The end result is a rich album with great new age hippy
sensibilities with a warm feeling and a wonderful showcase
for Kyms unique voice.
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influences
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Kate
Bush, Bliss, Alan Stivell, , Llewellyn & Juliana,
Loreena McKennitt, Eva Cassidy
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technical
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recorded digitally at Oblong Studios, Leicester, UK
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CC's
fave track
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Connected
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trivia
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Angel
Voices and I Thank You were included on a compilation
Spiritual Woman.
Chris recorded a new version of Angel Voices on
his Songs For Dreamers album
retitled as Above My Head. He also used the backing
track to I Thank You as the starting point for
his song Don't Turn Away on the same album.
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by track |
1.
Nothing Greater Than Love (Kym & Conway)
An upbeat peace song with Celtic jig sections on Irish
whistles and stunning harmonies.
Kym - vocals
Chris Conway - keyboards, piano, tin & low whistles,
electric 9 string guitar, percussion
Dan Britton - bodhran
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Angel Voices (Conway)
Chris wrote this haunting beautiful ballad especially
for Kym based on experiences with angels she had written
about on her website.
Kym - vocals
Chris Conway - piano, keyboards, electric 9 string guitar,
percussion
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The Wise Old Man (Kym & Devine)
This fun lilting song features some wonderful guitar work
from composer Bernie Devine.
Kym - vocals
Bernie Devine - acoustic guitars
Chris Conway - keyboards, percussion
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Connected (Kym & Conway)
A strange Conway musical concoction. Starting with a kind
of Celtic ballad before going into a hypnotic mandala
of zithers, organ and overlapping interweaving voices.
Kym - vocals
Chris Conway - zither, elecric kantele, organ, synthesizer,
percussion
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I Thank You (Kym & Conway)
This song has something of a smooth chillout feel - a
hint of Latin vibe about it. Kyms voices shines like a
jewel on this track.
Kym - vocals
Chris Conway - keyboards, acoustic 9 string guitar, nylon
string guitar, percussion
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The Circle (Conway)
This instrumental chanting piece brings together a Celtic
and Indian feel - meeting somewhere in the middle. It
feels like a cereony of some kind. A slow chant section
sets the scene with drone and zithers, before the pace
doubles with Kym's voice floating above the ethnic percussion
and flutes. The tune ends on a traditional Indian classical
"tihai" ending.
Kym - vocals
Chris Cownay - zithers, keyboards, tin and low whistles,
vocals, percussion
Dan Britton - bodhran
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Here We Are (Kym & Devine)
This awesome ballad again features Bernie's supoerlative
guitar playing. There is a really moving feeling about
this piece about waiting for love.
Kym - vocals
Bernie Devine - acoustic guitars
Chris Conway - keyboards, percussion
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A Little Mantra - OM - Dedicated from the heavens
(Kym & Conway, lyrics traditional Tibet)
This Tibetan mantra just grew and grew, coming together
very quickly in the studio. There is a warm feel-good
glow on this track.
Kym - vocals
Chris Conway - piano, keyboards, tin whistles, vocals,
percussion
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Magical Child (Kym & Conway)
A gentle lilting lullabye.
Kym - vocals
Chris Conway - piano, keyboards
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10.
Patiently Waiting (Kym & Conway)
One of those pieces of magic that can happen in the studio.
Kym laid down improvised vocal and after vocal in layers
- Chris had arranged the atmospheric music around it.
Kym - vocals
Chris Conway - keyboards, nylon string guitar, samples,
percussion
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11.
Fields of Corn (Kym & Devine)
This wonderful simple ballad in praise of the joys of
nature. Just voice and acoustic guitar with an intimate
feel.
Kym - vocals
Bernie Devine - acoustic guitars
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Journey's End (Kym & Conway)
A magical song of homecoming - a perfect was to end the
journey.
Kym - vocals
Chris Conway - electric guitar, low whistle
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total
time 53m55s
Produced by Chris Conway
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