Songs to Stay Awake to

by Una Lee

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1.	The House that stood for Happiness (Maria McManus) 04:45		buy track
2.	These are not Days (David Butler) 04:02		buy track
3.	Engine of Love (Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan) 03:17		buy track
4.	visiting the house i grew up in (Liska Pleines) 05:37		buy track
5.	Crossing (Darren Donohue) 04:38		buy track
6.	The Immigrant’s Landing (Lind Grant-Oyeye) 04:17		buy track
7.	Tanka Series II (Gabriel Rosenstock) 06:06		buy track
8.	Rain on us All (Siobhan Campbell) 06:16		buy track
9.	Nocturne for Voices One and Two (Chris Murray) 05:19	info	buy track

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‘Songs to stay awake to’ is a series of spoken songs with a specially curated collection of poems chosen from an open call with the support of Quotidian - Word on the street. In the manner of "spoken song" Lee uses a mixture of spoken and sung voice, and many in-between inflections and combinations to musicalise the poems in these 9 songs. The poems from the project engage with themes ranging from personal memory space to cycle of power structure, attempting to point towards "things that keep us up at night". Songs from this album have been featured on BBC Radio 3 and various podcasts, and part of Poetry Day Ireland 2020.

*This project is supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland & PRS Foundation and The New BBC Radiophonic Workshop through The Oram Awards talent development bursary.

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released April 26, 2021

Poems by

Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan
Chris Murray
Darren Donohue
David Butler
Gabriel Rosenstock
Lind Grant-Oyeye
Liska Pleines
Maria McManus
Siobhan Campbell

Voice performance & Composition on all tracks // Una Lee

Double Bass & Flutes (track 1, 2, 7) // Simon Waters
Violoncello (track 2) // Miguel Ortiz
Drums & Percussions (track 3) // Conor McAuley
Vocal ensemble (track 6) // HIVE Choir
VOLA (track 8) // Paul Stapleton

Artwork & Design // Una Lee

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