Vashti Bunyan

Vashti Bunyan (born 1945) is an English singer-songwriter. In 1970, Bunyan
released her first album, Just Another Diamond Day. The album sold very few
copies, and Bunyan, discouraged, abandoned her musical career. By 2000, her
album had acquired a cult following; it was re-released and Bunyan recorded
more songs, initiating the second phase of her musical career after ... read more

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Posted 1 September 2011 4.46pm — Comment on this

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Posted 28 September 2010 3.59pm — Comment on this

Vashti Bunyan and more to play tribute concert for Nick Drake string arranger Robert Kirby

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Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music by Rob Young | Book review

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Posted 7 August 2010 12.05am — Comment on this

Folk music: the times they are a-changin' | Music

The success of Fisherman's Friends proves that, while it is rooted in the past, folk is a genre in a constant state of fluxIt was in the Somerset village of Hambridge in ...
Posted 23 May 2010 12.05am — Comment on this


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