The repertoire for this album developed out of my personal response to the climate of negativity over the past few years. Life has taught me, well keeps teaching me, that there is always hope, and there is beauty, that this is a beautiful life we have here - where there are dark shadows, there is also light. For me, these songs are about affirmation and acceptance because ....
"Beneath the deepest snows, the secret of a rose,
Is merely that it knows, you must believe in spring!”
You Must Believe in Spring, Legrand / Bergman
Credits
Emilie Conway (Voice), Johnny Taylor (Piano), Dave Fleming (Double Bass), Dominic Mullan (Drums)
Photography, Richard Bonert
Recorded 13th, 14th November 2009, 5th March 2010, & September 15th 2011 by Dave McCune at The Ventry, Recording Studios Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.
Mixed by Dave McCune. Mastered by Bob Katz, Digital Domain Florida
Produced by Emilie Conway & Dave McCune | Additional Production by Melanie Bong
