"Used To" by Faeland (Radio Edit)

Mood Swings

Recorded online on Soundtrap: https://www.soundtrap.com

Lost and found.

Isolation Etude 9

Isolation Etude 9 #PianoDay2021

A song about the uncompromising mercy of the natural world and inspired by the incredible true story of Indonesian lamplighter Aldi Novel Adilang. In 2018 he was swept out to sea when a storm knocked his floating wooden hut from its mooring, and spent 49 days adrift the ocean before being rescued by a passing vessel.

My Boy

Ten ships go passing by, oh deep water and salty brine. 
Oh keeper oh keeper light become clear
No stars or maps will lead you here

Cool water under my skin, cool water let me in.
Oh bitter winds wrap around my feet and lay me down in the deep

I’m a boy trapped in the waves, I’m a boy longing to be saved
I’m a boy cast out at sea, by my boat and my moon I’ll be free 
By my boat and my moon I’ll be free.

Cold hands are slow to move, small and lost beneath the moon
Like morning birds follow the sun, let these feet return to their home

I’m a boy trapped in the waves, I’m a boy longing to be saved
I’m a boy cast out at sea, by my boat and y moon I’ll be free 
By my boat and my moon I’ll be free.

My Boy

Into the Woods

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loving you

A driving beat with classic riffs and a tale of addiction and contemplation.

SKEG

Re-recorded, retitled and rearranged from early 2000s Mid-Life Crisis Lyrics changed to make it more neutral/less personal but the DNA of realising that time was moving quickly when suddenly I'm driving a diesel engine MPV having gone from being single to a married dad-of-three in just over three years.

1 Football

1st World Crisis

Mid 90s. Pretty sure this was penned before Oasis broke through but that's what I hear now. I was mad for Oasis although they're not a band I ever go back to now,  Made up lyric at the time which I can decode to how I might have been feeling in the mid-90s but to be fair, about as insightful as a horoscope though, to be honest!

Thank You, Charles Hardin

Break Up The Family

Pull Me Close

Don't be Evil

Jimmy Hobson: Composer, arranger, drums and percussion, synths.
Bruce MacLeod: Guitar
Noel Jewkes: Fluegelhorn

COVID collaboration.

The Dark Recesses

Original piano solo inspired by pictures of the beautiful northern lights.

Northern Lights

If your favourite song on here disappears due to me changing my subscription then just pop along to Bandcamp where you can hear all of my music https://marinaflorance.bandcamp.com
I am a singer/songwriter originally from London, my music crosses a number of genres & has been described as Americana, Folk & Country. While undoubtedly I draw inspiration from many sources, my voice & style are my own.
I've played many festivals, folk clubs, pubs, coffee bars, churches and my live performances are numerous and varied.
Radio play has been extensive from online to National, BBC6Music and BBCIntroducing.
My first album 'Somewhere Down The Line' was funded by Arts Council England, without that financial support all I have done musically would never have happened, the opportunities that have come my way may have just passed me by...

To book me please visit my contact page.

I am currently writing album reviews for FATEA Magazine Blog and in addition to this I really enjoy writing a poem or two (see my blogs page).
I have been a moderator for Tom Robinson's Music Blog (Fresh On The Net between 2019-2024), where I honed my ability to write reviews for other artists across many varied genres.

Blue Boat and Me
In 2022 I self-published the children's book Blue Boat and Me with wonderful illustrations by Annie Clapham. I loved doing this and one day I would love to do another one.

Expectation
Is my latest album, released in 2023. It has received wonderful reviews and been played on National Radio. With contributions from many awesome musicians.
Please put your listening apparatus on and be prepared to cry, laugh, sing, dance and smile with me.

Warm and Toasty Club
I worked with The Warm & Toasty Club between 2017-2019 & along with Jules Fox Allen, we were asked to write six songs based on the memories of residents at retirement complexes along the Essex Coast & in Colchester.
Alongside The Warm & Toasty Club founder, Johnno Casson we won the FATEA Innovation Award  for the lottery & Arts Council funded Memory Afternoons Project.

Fly beyond the border
In March 2018 I independently released my second studio album which features collaborations with Kate Dimbleby & Johnno Casson. The album has received great reviews, Every Woman being one of the most popular with beautiful BVs from Cathryn Craig.

This, That & The Other
Was released in January 2016 on Folkstock Records. The album represented a big leap forward for me as I also recorded & produced it. One of the tracks ‘Little Black Cloud' was selected for the Tom Robinson BBC6 Music Mixtape via 'Fresh On The Net'.
BBC6Music has also played The Moon from the EP ‘my own little piece of the sky’, Waves from 'Expectation' and the single 1974 (That's How It Was In Those Days)

Cry - The Single
I won the Oldies Composers Competition judged by BBC Radio 2 presenters including Bob Harris & the late Sir Terry Wogan to name a few, this resulted in Anthony Head (actor & singer) performing my song 'Cry' live on ITVs This Morning and played on BBC Radio 2, truly wonderful moments for me. Take a look on my collaborations page to read more about it

Festivals
I have played to name a few: Norfolk and Norwich International Festival, Wimborne Festival, Strawberry Fair, Kesgrave, the Cambridge Folk Festival both Club tent and a huge highlight Stage 2 with the great Brian McNeil. 

SoundCloud
I was nominated via Soundcloud as Soundclouder of the day with my song The Guilty One & added to their International Women's Day playlist, this resulted in 10s of thousands of plays for that track.

Melody maker.
Crafting short instrumental sketches since 2018

Kurai Umi

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