Dana Dericks

“Mio figlio non parla”, “La mia quando vuole qualcosa urla o piange”, “Mio figlio comunica solo con i gesti”, “Dice meno di dieci parole, mi devo preoccupare?”. I primi anni di vita sono meravigliosi e stimolanti. In questi anni i bambini imparano a respirare, piangere, prestare attenzione, ascoltare, vedere, gattonare, camminare… in questi anni i bambini imparano a comunicare e parlare. Ma in alcuni casi sono anche fonte di stress per i genitori, che tendono ad allarmarsi se i progressi dei propri figli non sono esattamente uguali a quelli dei coetanei, o a temere di non fare abbastanza per stimolarli. E, quando si accorgono che effettivamente il loro bimbo sta incontrando degli ostacoli nello sviluppo del linguaggio, ecco che subentra l’ansia..

Vocalist Dana Gillespie's first album was released when she was only 15. Over the next four decades, as a strong presence in the world of music, she was part of the recording of around 40 albums. In the beginning of her career in the '60s, she sang folk tunes. At some point in the '70s, she moved on to rock. By the '80s she turned her attention fully to something that was one of her first loves: the blues. In between all of that recording, Gillespie the actress stayed in the spotlight on the theater stage in shows like Jesus Christ Superstar, and in films like The Hound of the Baskervilles…

A wise man once said "We are all at the mercy of our wild monkey minds. Incessantly swinging from branch to branch." With multiple windows and applications all vying for our attention, we have sadly adapted our working habits to that of the computer and not the other way around. OmmWriter is a humble attempt to recapture what technology has snatched away from us today: our capacity to concentrate.

A compilation of some of the music that "Blues Diva" Dana Gillespie has made for Wolf Records over the years! Features music from Blue One, Have I Got Blues For You, and Back to the Blues. This CD shows Gillsepie's great versatility in performing different types of blues, from the old traditional style to the more modern, groovy styles.

In 1970, an 18-year-old schoolgirl left the Bogside in Derry to represent Ireland in the 15th Eurovision Song Contest. What happened that night was to change her life forever.