http://sarahellenhughes.co.uk/podcast.cfm Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://bandzoogle.com http://sarahellenhughes.co.uk/podcast.cfm?feature=1551438&postid=544225  Love For Sale - produced by Paul Arnold from Pictures in Sound.  Performed by Sarah Ellen Hughes. Sarah gives an insight into the recording of Love for Sale from the album Darning the Dream.  The single is available from iTunes or from the Discography/Darning the Dream page on this website.  Buy the complete album from Amazon, HMV, iTunes or any good record store.
Sarah gives an insight into the recording of Love for Sale from the album Darning the Dream.  The single is available from iTunes or from the Discography/Darning the Dream page on this website.  Buy the complete album from Amazon, HMV, iTunes or any good record store.


]]> Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:00:00 GMT E658A045DD7CA239B926AC504FC53E3D http://sarahellenhughes.co.uk/podcast.cfm?feature=1551438&postid=425408  'Darning the Dream' is the title track from Sarah Ellen Hughes's first album. This podcast gives an insight into the reasons behind the choices of tune and lyrics, and Sarah recalls her struggles to write the song while dealing with the death of her mother. Here follows Sarah's own words about the album, from the album sleeve - which set the scene for this song. The dream is about my Mum. I started having nightly dreams about her almost a year after she died – and although they upset me I was more upset when they stopped being so regular, as I knew that she was fading from my mind. Hence “Darning the Dream” – every time a piece of dream came along I would grab a tight hold. The song originated as a version of “Darn That Dream” from Dexter Gordon’s “Ballads” album. I transcribed his improvisation of the tune, and as it was so wonderfully singable, I added my own lyrics to create my vocalise. “Darning the Dream” ends with Eddie DeLange’s poignant last 8 bars of the original song. Despite the fact the lyrics are so fitting, finishing the song like this was kind of an accident – I wrote the whole lot then suddenly on “a dreamless sleep I’ll find” I realised that there was no point in trying to write more words. I had made my peace with the dream.
This podcast gives an insight into the reasons behind the choices of tune and lyrics, and Sarah recalls her struggles to write the song while dealing with the death of her mother.

Here follows Sarah's own words about the album, from the album sleeve - which set the scene for this song.

The dream is about my Mum. I started having nightly dreams about her almost a year after she died – and although they upset me I was more upset when they stopped being so regular, as I knew that she was fading from my mind. Hence “Darning the Dream” – every time a piece of dream came along I would grab a tight hold. The song originated as a version of “Darn That Dream” from Dexter Gordon’s “Ballads” album. I transcribed his improvisation of the tune, and as it was so wonderfully singable, I added my own lyrics to create my vocalise. “Darning the Dream” ends with Eddie DeLange’s poignant last 8 bars of the original song. Despite the fact the lyrics are so fitting, finishing the song like this was kind of an accident – I wrote the whole lot then suddenly on “a dreamless sleep I’ll find” I realised that there was no point in trying to write more words. I had made my peace with the dream.

]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:05:00 GMT F5B3C7D295DBAF3BA18006BE16068965 http://sarahellenhughes.co.uk/podcast.cfm?feature=1551438&postid=377865  Sarah shares insight into the recording of But Not For Me - a great Gershwin standard.  The original is available from iTunes as an individual track, or as part of the entire album from iTunes, Amazon and HMV. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:20:00 GMT 43EE070D42E2B29550F63CBF6EC535CD http://sarahellenhughes.co.uk/podcast.cfm?feature=1551438&postid=346014  An insight into the recording of Afro Blue from the album Darning the Dream.  Sarah Ellen Hughes talks to Paul Arnold of Pictures in Sound - producer of the podcast. The original track is available from iTunes or Sarah's website www.sarahellenhughes.co.uk Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:00:00 GMT 0AD6204523B979B170B566E575363B7B