Stray Birds

Stray Birds is a new collection of starkly beautiful songs recorded in Northern England at Imbolc 2009 by Autumn Grieve and English composer Richard Skelton. It is a suite of six songs, inspired by the element of Air, orchestrated with strings, piano, organ, guitar and vocals.

The album is available in a Standard Edition, and a Special Edition made to celebrate the Celtic festival of Samhain:

The Standard Edition includes a beautiful, grey-blue, silk screened disc and two inserts, and is presented in an ivory linen-textured encasing, wrapped in translucent paper and individually wax sealed. Each pressing features a beautiful antique owl print.

The Samhain Edition* is limited to just 31 copies, and includes a hand-bound chapbook of poetry, in addition to the silk screened disc, ivory linen-textured encasing and wax-sealed encasing.

*Please note the Samhain Edition has now sold out.

Autumn Grieve ~ Terra Infinita

Terra Infinita, as the title suggests, is inspired by the element of Earth. It is the first release within a series of cds honouring Elemental energies.

The design for this limited pressing of Terra Infinita is a weave of several passions: Music, Nature, Folklore, Herbal Medicine and Botanical Prints.

The beautiful cover prints feature ten carefully chosen plants and trees: The Common Yarrow, Dog Rose, The Elder, Hawthorn, Hemlock, Male-fern, The Osier, Sanicle, Scot's Lovage & Wormwood.

Some Reviews

"Dazzling night-side folk... an expanding gyre of a mantra so beautiful it almost beggars description... a distinctly pre-Raphaelite glow, autumnal and perfectly, exquisitely sad."
Ptolemaic Terrascope

"Steeped in emotion, offering a unique take on the world of pastoral folk."
Rough Trade Digital

"Occupying gossamer space somewhere between Shannon Wright and Cat Power - with near-folksy phrasing that could pass for the soft-spoken younger sister of Sandy Denny."
Bill Ellis, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN.