Tune in to John Kennedy’s X-Posure on Xfm this week, to catch the sharp and dirty new radio edit of Black Doe, which is featured as the “X-posure big one”
“It’s been a long time coming, but in 2012 Mary Epworth will finally release her billowing, gorgeous debut Dream Life. Taking influences from 60s music, forest walks and the harpsichord, the album will rightfully sweep everyone away.”
I’ve been listening to some more final mixes this week, getting closer and closer to being finished and ready to buy. Sign up to my mailing list for pre-order info.
A few nights ago I was lucky enough to go on a Glow Worm walk in the wilds of Herts.
A meeting in a car park and a drive to a top secret location, a walk in the woods dark and deep, and fingers crossed, all in the hope of seeing this…
Lampyris noctiluca
Expert bug-hunter June holds our first glowing female.
A male attracted to the glow of red torches.
I’ve wanted to see these for a long time, we saw 19 that night. Lucky lucky me.
In non-nature news, those lovely people at GIITTV asked me to compile a list of artists/tracks that have influenced my album. I tried very hard to actually use things that really had inspired the record, and narrowed it down from 53, to these 15.
A while ago the rather fantastic website A Negative Narrative sent me some questions to answer with photographs, and I finally got my homework done and sent them in.
I know it’s been an age since I posted, but if it’s any excuse, I’ve been busy adventuring and getting nearer and nearer to a finished album. Real news on that is coming very soon, I promise.