Mud River, a song from the album The Other Country
Written by Esther Rose Parkes and Linda Rose Parkes

Esther Rose Parkes - vocals, acoustic guitar
Björn Segerberg - piano
Lisen Paula Schulz - cello
Lisa Phinney - backing vocals

Recorded at Real Music Studio, Stockholm, November 2012
Engineered by Per Ängkvist
Mixed by Brian Kramer and Per Ängkvist
Produced by Brian Kramer
Mastered by Scarecrow Music

Original artwork 'The Mermaid's Lament' by Martin McDowell

Video by Carlo Zen http://youtu.be/D6jkDA_CSTc

Copyright © 2013 Esther Rose Parkes

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Mud River

High Speed Train, a song from the album The Other Country (2013)
Written by Esther Rose Parkes and Linda Rose Parkes

Esther Rose Parkes - vocals, acoustic guitar
Brian Kramer - national slide guitar

Recorded at Real Music Studio, Stockholm, November 2012
Engineered by Per Ängkvist
Mixed by Brian Kramer and Per Ängkvist
Produced by Brian Kramer
Mastered by Scarecrow Music

Video by Carlo Zen http://youtu.be/sDGCU5r0WJY

Copyright © 2013 Esther Rose Parkes

High Speed Train

This is part of an hour-long journey piece in response to Ryan Skelton's photographic exhibition, commissioned by ArtHouse Jersey which Esther performed in the exhibition space blending pre-recorded electronic compositions with live performance using voice, electric guitar, the shruti and singing bowls.

In The Beginning -(Cambion)

Ripples (Cambion)

Night walking(Cambion)

Is anybody there? (Cambion)

                              

talk to me (Cambion)

Windstille-(Cambion)

An early version of this song, a song I wrote when life was tough, and the sea saved me.

Artwork by Linda Rose Parkes

I Want To Swim

A poem by Tomas Transtromer I put to song with Karin Dietrichson, recorded with Hans Granstrom in the grand piano shop on Borgmaestargatan, Stockholm

Stones

The Other Country

Dancer's Devil

Esther Rose Parkes

Esther Rose Parkes is a music artist working across diverse forms and contexts, including recently as a co-founder of the Moving Arts Collective. 

Esther released her first album “The Other Country” produced in Sweden by American Blues musician Brian Kramer. The Other Country” received positive reviews by UK Folk Radio, UK Fatea Magazine and others. Esther’s songs have been played Europe-wide on British, French and Scandinavian radio stations. Esther has also released 5 EPs over the past 15 years.

Esther has recently been composing electronic music and has a particular interest in soundscapes and sound installations. Her most recent project was a commission by ArtHouse Jersey to respond musically to Ryan Skelton’s photographic exhibition ‘Cambion’ . Esther produced an hour-long journey piece which she performed in the exhibition space blending pre-recorded electronic compositions with live performance using her voice, the electric guitar, the shruti and singing bowls.

Esther is part of the ongoing Project The Soundchannel Residency, created by producer Aras Amiri, which brings together five musicians based in France, London and Jersey.

Esther co-founded the lullaby project, an ethnographic arts project that collects lullabies from across Jersey, runs lullaby writing workshops and sets up sound installations in various contexts.

Esther Rose Parkes

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