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Jenny Sturgeon
The Living Mountain
Released 16 Oct 2020
Jenny Sturgeon
The Living Mountain is the second solo album from songwriter Jenny Sturgeon (singer and multi-instrumentalist in Salt House and Northern Flyway), recorded and produced by Andy Bell at Clashnettie Arts Centre in the Cairngorms National Park.
The Living Mountain is inspired by Nan Shepherd's book The Living Mountain and Jenny's experience growing up near, and walking in, the Cairngorms. In the album Jenny explores her own connection to this highland area as well as delving into Nans philosophy of being in the mountains and peoples connection to the wild. The twelve songs take inspiration from the chapter titles of Nans book; the lyrics tell of exploration, love, loss and wonder at the natural world from small scale mosses and moths to the wider landscape and ecosystem.
The album features Mairi Campbell on viola and vocals, Su-a Lee on cello, Grant Anderson on bass and vocals, and sound recordings from Jez Riley-French and Magnus Robb.
Jenny has also set up The Living Mountain grove with Scottish rewilding conservation charity Trees for Life, you can buy a Tree with your CD or LP to help offset some of the carbon. All the CD's and LP's use recycled paper and paper from sustainably managed forests, we have chosen not to shrink wrap these products to reduce our single use plastic waste.
Here is The Living Mountain print, handmade by Jenny!
Help Jenny with a small step towards offsetting her carbon footprint from CDs, LPs and travel by purchasing a tree with your record, it will be planted in The Living Mountain grove as part of protected sites in the Scottish Highlands, they will create homes for wildlife and forests for the future.
We purchase the trees which you buy here directly from Trees For Life for £6 (£5+VAT), if you would rather avoid paying VAT and allow Trees for Life to claim the gift aid on your donation you can donate directly to Jenny’s ‘The Living Mountain’ grove at Trees for Life here - https://treesforlife.org.uk/gr...
****Please note we do not send a certificate in lieu of the tree you have purchased to avoid producing more paper waste****
Tracklist
- The Plateau•
- The Recesses•
- The Group•
- Water•
- Frost and Snow•
- Air and Light•
- The Plants•
- Birds, Animals, Insects•
- Man•
- Sleep•
- The Senses•
- Being
Credits
- Jenny Sturgeon vocals, guitar, piano, harmonium, dulcimer, whistle, synth, field recordings
- Grant Anderson vocals, bass
- Mairi Campbell viola, vocals
- Su-a Lee cello
- Jez Riley French field recordings on tracks 5 and 7
- Magnus Robb & The Sound Approach field recordings on track 8
- Andy Bell Recorded, Mixed & Produced, also synth, percussion, vocals
- Robin Beatty Design
- Dean Honer Mastered
- Anne Campbell Photography
- Hannah Bailey Cover photography
- "Jenny Sturgeon is a singer-songwriter who brings together old and new with a rare skill" – RnR
- "As close to an organic folk singer-songwriter as you can get" – Folk All
