reminds me of Bang Bang.Love this though.

ooooh bloody hell...vocals.....goosebumps!

absolutely stunning - its like Melody Gardot, Nina Simone & Edith Piaf in a mighty fine blender! Truly beautiful x

A little slice of nostalgic genius. Nice Mix too! Ape Love to Marina Florance <3 Dan xo B-)

Thanks Mrs. Marina, for this beautiful art <3

what depth of character this voice has.....

this is nearly photographic, such a clear and bright language used, perfect! Sublime.

Piano solo, free improvisation.

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Proximity

Bandcamp: https://marinaflorance.bandcamp.com/album/my-own-little-piece-of-the-sky

The Dress from the EP/Artists' Book: 'my own little piece of the sky' released Spring 2013 Recorded LIVE at The Puppet Theatre, Norwich.
Credits: Paul Bullen - Keyboard
Written: Florance/Fox Allen
FATEA Review www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/2013…Florance.html

The Dress  (Fox Allen/Florance)

she kept it in the bottom draw 
of the chest beside the bedroom door 
wrapped in tissue of the purest white 

on a bed of ancient oak it laid, 
the dress that her grandmother had made 
each stitch a link into the past 

the colour of emerald green 
it would have been a child's dream 
with buttons that shone like stars at night 

the green it spoke of open fields 
of trickling streams and summers yield 
of walking long amongst the creaking trees 

the wooden gate the old stone floor 
the path that led to the kitchen door 
a garden filled with a heady scent 

and in that dress there was more love 
than she would ever know
in that dress were memories of one she'd barely known

all this she kept and so much more 
in the chest beside the bedroom door
a secret life only she would know

Instrumental

she kept it in the bottom draw 
of the chest beside the bedroom door 
wrapped in tissue of the purest white

my own little piece of the sky

The Dress

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 4th May 2022

# Lyrics

It’s not like I know
How to be whole
Its more a feeling in my heart that comes but goes

Its not like I see
Things slip from me
Just let my eyes fall to dark spaces in between

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

Its not like the world
Will let me take a breath
A thousand foolish fates await the ones that’s left

It’s not going to change
It’s not going to wait
It’s challenging everything you can before too late

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

Try to Believe

Let Go

Wings for the future.WAV

Not really alt rock but the guitar solo at the end is fairly anarchic. 

To Fly or not to Fly 

To fly or not to fly YES!
To fly or not to fly NO! 

To fly or not to fly that is the question.    
It’s a no brainer ‘cept for the greedy and absurd.   
There’s kilos of carbon coming from engines. 
While the earth below - floods and burns

M’lady says she’s gotta fly yeah it’s in the blood            
She’s gotta have exotica - it’s there for the taking
Even though people of the world - are under the pump
And down there in the wheat fields – the crops are baking

To fly or not to fly YES!
To fly or not to fly NO! 

Hate being a gloomy carrier pigeon
But the writings there on the internet
The forecast for earth - it’s grim and turgid
Makes it dumb to fly airliner jets

M’lady says the scientists - will find a solution
There’s no need to live  - like a peasant farmer
She don’t need to feel shame - about her vapor trail
Hey she’s never been - to West Estonia

TO FLY OR NOT TO FLY

The Little Ghost Song

A Tatooed Drummer

Out of the Box January 2023
[tip-toe alert at 3:15]

Mostly Ghostly Dub

Urtheigle [part 2]

Rob Brooks suggested adding a further part for strings. Here it be, with my thanks to Rob for his kind recommendation.

Piano/String Part 2

Singer/songwriter originally from NW London, Marina’s music crosses genres & has been described as Americana, Folk & Country, while she doubtless draws inspiration from many sources, her voice & style are uniquely her own.
Visit her website for lots more info
Marina came to performing late in life although very soon after making the decision to "come out of the kitchen" she was awarded Arts Council funding, via the Escalator Project, to record a debut album, Somewhere Down The Line. Using this as a platform she has since reached audiences not previously thought possible.
Now with four albums completed she's been played on BBC6Music, BBC introducing Norfolk and Suffolk, had four tracks make the Tom Robinson's BBC6 Mixtape. Her song Cry was performed by the actor Anthony Head on ITV's This Morning.
Jan 2019, Marina, & co-writer Jules Fox Allen, won the FATEA Innovation Award alongside The Warm & Toasty Club founder, Johnno Casson, for the lottery & Arts Council funded, Memory Afternoons Project. The songs written can be heard here on SoundCloud.
Marina has played many festivals including Cambridge Folk Festival, Strawberry Fair, Norwich and Norfolk Festival.
She has been a Moderator for Fresh On The Net.

The Dress

Marina Florance

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