Anne Blun

John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter reunite for World Premiere Recording of the composer‘s Violin Concerto No. 2 – written especially for Mutter. Alongside three film themes in special new arrangements by Williams. New Single and Video of “Rounds” (from the Concerto) out 11 March. Album released on Deutsche Grammophon on 3 June 2022. “I can only think of this piece as being about Anne-Sophie. I took my inspiration and energy directly from this great artist herself” – John Williams. “It has been a lifelong dream of mine to have John Williams compose a concerto for me.”

Anne-Marie’s second studio album, ‘Therapy’, is the official follow-up to her multi-platinum and four million-selling 2018 debut, ‘Speak Your Mind’ [the UK’s biggest-selling debut release of that year].

Therapy is the second studio album by British singer Anne-Marie. It was released on 23 July 2021, through Major Tom's and Asylum Records. The album serves as a follow-up to her debut album Speak Your Mind (2018), with the album containing guest appearances by KSI, Digital Farm Animals, Little Mix, Niall Horan, Nathan Dawe, MoStack, and Rudimental. The album was supported by four singles: "Don't Play", "Way Too Long", "Our Song", and "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)", while "Beautiful" was released as the first promotional single off the album on 12 July 2021.

For thousands of years, mankind has been concerned with the interpretation of dreams, seeking medical and philosophical explanations of all that happens to us during sleep. At the same time, the images of dreams – be they beauti-ful or terrible, like a "théatre imaginaire" – offer a rich playground for all branches of art.
Hypnos, son of night and darkness, is the god of sleep. As Ovid reports, his sons are the Oneiroi, the dream gods: Morpheus is able to take on human form, Phobetor, the horror, slips into the skin of wild animals, Phantasos appears in the form of inanimate nature. Hypnos’ realm is guarded by Hesychia (calm), Aergia (indolence) and Lethe (oblivi-on). While Hypnos is also called the “generous one,” his twin brother is Thanatos, the gentle death; often the two often appear together.

A long overdue issue of the classic first album from Anne Briggs on Topic. Widley regarded as a long-lost treasure and recorded in 1971 by Sean Davies and featuring Johnny Moynihan from Sweeny's Men on bouzouki.
Anne Briggs began singing in local folk clubs in her teens. In 1962 she became part of the Centre 42 tour which was a leftist group of artists, writers, actors and musicians whose aim was to make arts and culture accessible to the masses. Ewan MacColl first heard Briggs' remarkable voice and persuaded her to join the group and tour. There Briggs met MacColl's comrade A.L. 'Bert' Lloyd who became her mentor.