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.
Purchase
You can hear some songs from Stray Birds by visiting Autumn's myspace page.
To buy this release, please use the Paypal "Buy Now" button below. You can use this button even if you don't have a Paypal account. Simply follow the instructions on screen to pay by credit/debit card or bank transfer.
The price is $18 Canadian dollars, and includes worldwide postage.
Further enquiries can be made by email to: autumngrieve@hotmail.com.
If you'd like to purchase Stray Birds together with Terra Infinita (see below), please email for a discounted price on postage.
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.
Purchase
You can hear some songs from Terra Infinita by visiting Autumn's myspace page.
This special edition is now sold out, but a new pressing is being planned.
To find out more or reserve a copy, please email: autumngrieve@hotmail.com.
