Connie Converse

Digital album release to commemorate Connie's 99th birthday. "Musicks" is the fabled two volume set of one-off tape reels that Connie made for her brother and sister-in-law. Some of these tracks have appeared on How Sad, How Lovely, but most have been unheard until now. This is the first time the collection has been presented in its entirety.
All tracks have been newly restored by Dan Dzula (producer, How Sad, How Lovely). ‘Musicks’ By Connie Converse: The Lost Singer-Songwriter Is Found Again In August of 1974, at the age of 50, a depressed and disillusioned Connie Converse packed up her Volkswagen Beetle and left her brother, her family, her friends, and the city of Ann Arbor for good. She was never seen or heard from again. Connie’s songs were indeed lost for a time, but with the release of 'Musicks' they and the world as seen through her eyes have been found again.

Digital album release to commemorate Connie's 99th birthday. "Musicks" is the fabled two volume set of one-off tape reels that Connie made for her brother and sister-in-law. Some of these tracks have appeared on How Sad, How Lovely, but most have been unheard until now. This is the first time the collection has been presented in its entirety.
All tracks have been newly restored by Dan Dzula (producer, How Sad, How Lovely). ‘Musicks’ By Connie Converse: The Lost Singer-Songwriter Is Found Again In August of 1974, at the age of 50, a depressed and disillusioned Connie Converse packed up her Volkswagen Beetle and left her brother, her family, her friends, and the city of Ann Arbor for good. She was never seen or heard from again. Connie’s songs were indeed lost for a time, but with the release of 'Musicks' they and the world as seen through her eyes have been found again.

Digital album release to commemorate Connie's 99th birthday. "Musicks" is the fabled two volume set of one-off tape reels that Connie made for her brother and sister-in-law. Some of these tracks have appeared on How Sad, How Lovely, but most have been unheard until now. This is the first time the collection has been presented in its entirety.
All tracks have been newly restored by Dan Dzula (producer, How Sad, How Lovely). ‘Musicks’ By Connie Converse: The Lost Singer-Songwriter Is Found Again In August of 1974, at the age of 50, a depressed and disillusioned Connie Converse packed up her Volkswagen Beetle and left her brother, her family, her friends, and the city of Ann Arbor for good. She was never seen or heard from again. Connie’s songs were indeed lost for a time, but with the release of 'Musicks' they and the world as seen through her eyes have been found again.

How Sad, How Lovely is a 2009 album by Connie Converse. This is the 2015 remaster reissued by Squirrel Thing Recordings featuring a bonus cut.

It is a mathematical law: every ten years, a singer from England named Anna releases a first album as a document of her times. In 2011, it was Anna Calvi.

Soprano Julia Bullock is about to embark on an extraordinary career. She is one of the most unique artists of her generation. She is a singer with an enveloping tone, a remarkably mature presence and an unusually astute cultural, social and historical understanding." - New York Times

Julia Bullock makes her solo recording debut with 'Walking in the Dark', on Nonesuch Records. Bullock is joined on the album by London's Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Christian Reif for Samuel Barber's 'Knoxville: Summer of 1915' and an aria from John Adams's 'El Niño'.