Our Song of the Day is Cajsa’s Tears (the lost brides) from Jonathan Peter Day’s new album ‘a Spirit Library’ out now on Niimiika Records. A Spirit Library is one of our Featured Albums of the Month and it was this song that Thomas Blake, in his review here, described it as the album’s centrepiece, providing possibly the album’s most moving moment. He adds “A lengthy ballad, musically stripped-back and lyrically intense, its chorus of ‘I will honour you for as long as I endure’ is instantly memorable. But, this being Day, it is more than just a torch song, and it takes a few listens for the layers of meaning to become apparent.”
Thomas concluded his review “It is the work of an artist who, whether through the experience of travel or through deep contemplation of his surroundings, has come to terms with his place in the world, and it is utterly beautiful.” On that note, I encourage you to buy the album and catch Jonathan performing live if you can (see dates below).
Order the album here http://www.jonathanday.net/music/a-spirit-library-buy-new-album-here/
Jonathan Day will be touring from spring until late summer to support the release. There will be a full launch gig at Hermon Chapel in Oswestry on 25th April, see dates below.
Jonathan Day Dates
March
23 – Folk Workshop, Hong Kong
24 – More Than Folk, City Hall, Hong Kong
April
11-14 – Graz, Austria, Jazz Journeys
19 – Sun Inn Llangollen with VU
25 – April – full launch gig at Hermon Chapel in Oswestry
May
04 – Radbrook Hall, Shrewsbury
June
22 – Gimme Shelter celebration concert, Shrewsbury
23 – Glastonbury Festival (tbc)
August
02-04 – Landed Festival
08-11 – Phoenix Festival
28-30 – Sonic Experience, Bangkok (headline act)
September
Japan, ‘Family’ tour, Narita, Tokyo, Kawaguchico, Hokkaido
More here: http://www.jonathanday.net/