I thought I would begin sharing some of My Favourite Albums of 2024. It's certainly going to be a very varied collection and I make no apologies for that. It is worth repeating that these are My choices and not what might be considered to be the Best Albums of 2024 by the music press or the critics (you have to go and look elsewhere if you want that sort of thing). I've listened to a lot of albums throughout the year but due to a lack of money in the pocket I haven't bought loads (at least one per month) so they have had to be pretty good for me to go out of my way to buy them.
They will not be in any particular order, like a chart, but rather the fact that they appear under the banner of My Favorite Albums of 2024 should be enough to let you know how they are regarded by me.
My first choice is a "Folk" album, definitely not something I ever could have seen me saying, but I really like the whole "concept" behind the creation of this album and how a lot of research and discussion has gone into the subject before a song had ever been recorded.
Grace Will Lead Me Home - Angeline, Cohen & Jon
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17th May 2024
Available on BANDCAMP £7 for Download or £10 for a CD
Tracklist
1 Dear Polly 02:58
2 Press Gang Song 02:50
3 Grace will lead me home 04:18
4 Turn Round Newton 01:54
5 The President Sang Amazing Grace 03:23
6 Fantasia on a West Indian Burial Theme 03:16
7 I'm going to hear John Newton Preach 04:29
8 The choir still sings Amazing Grace 03:16
9 Sorry 03:13
10 Amazing Grace (Jesu Thy Words) 03:55
11 Eyes on the prize 02:34
12 Amazing Grace 05:05
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Angeline Morrison (The Sorrow Songs), Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne (Granny's Attic) and Jon Bickley (The Invisible Folk Club) came together to create a new album marking the 250th anniversary of the writing of Amazing Grace (2023) and the 300th anniversary of the birth of its writer John Newton (2025).
Jon Bickley headed a partnership between Invisible Folk, the Arts Council and the Cowper & Newton Museum in a project entitled 'Grace will lead me home.' It explored the love that people have for Amazing Grace including those who are descended from the slaves that Newton shipped across the Atlantic. Interviews covering every aspect of Newton's life, the slave trade and the evolution of the beloved hymn was undertaken (including Judy Collins) and these were turned into a series of podcasts that can be found HERE.
Cohen and Angeline were invited to join the project, review the research, meet the folks at the museum and write new songs and the end result is this album.
The majority of the information above is taken from the Bandcamp Page for the album.
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