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Black is the Colour

by Sally Doherty and the Sumacs

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1.
Black is the Colour 04:08
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2.
Los Bilbilicos 02:50
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3.
I held my love 01:41
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4.
The Praities 04:42
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5.
The selkie of Sule Skerry 03:28
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6.
My Lagan love 05:56
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7.
La llorona 05:05
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8.
Neither fire bright nor candle light 01:37
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L'on dit q'amors est dolce chose 05:50
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10.
The bonny boy 05:06
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11.
Requiem waltz 04:07
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12.
The low lowlands of Holland 06:06
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about

My reason for producing this album was to explore some folk songs, to interpret them and put them into a context that suited my style. However some of the songs were so beautiful that not much was needed.
I heard many of these songs as a child from my parents who had a folk band in the 70s.
For 'I held my love' I simply borrowed some of the words from 'The low lowlands of Holland' and created something new stemming from my string arrangements for the folk song. 'Neither fire bright nor candle light' is a further abstraction from this theme. 'Requiem waltz' is an original composition using some words from one of my mum's (Berlie Doherty) novels 'Requiem'.
On the physical CD I recorded a cover of Sandy Denny's "who knows where the time goes' but I couldn't include it on bandcamp.

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released October 1, 2002

Sally Doherty - voice, flute, track 6 piano, accordion, percussion, programming
Emma Smith - piano except track 6, second violin on tracks 1, 8 and 12
Lizz Lipscombe - violin, first violin on tracks 1, 8 and 12
Liz Hanks - cello
Karen Burland - clarinet and bass clarinet
Chillo - Spanish guitar
Yuki Cockrell - folk harp
Gerry Doherty - tin whistle
Julie Preston - accordion on track 11
John Ball - tablas
Plinio Dourado - cymbals

Original composition sections by Sally Doherty
Arrangements by Sally Doherty except: tracks 2 and 7 (S Doherty and Chillo), tracks 5 and 10 (S Doherty and E Smith), tracks 9 (S Doherty, L Hanks, L Lipscombe, J Ball), track 13 (S Doherty, L Hanks, L Lipscombe)

Produced by S Doherty and Zip Spooner
Mixed by Zip Spooner
Design by Othila
Photography by Clive Egginton

Original release 2002, digitally remastered 2008

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Sally Doherty Sheffield, UK

Sally Doherty began recording and releasing albums in 1996 after studying Fine Art Filmmaking at University. Hers is a musically varied journey. Solo works include soundtracks for BBC TV documentary and BBC Radio drama. Collaborative projects span genres from Folk to Latin American, Jazz to Electronic (most notably Italian outfit Planet Funk) and recently ‘Summerisle’ with Frank Birtwistle. ... more

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