Jess Ward’s brand new album In Spiritum Sanctum is now available to listen to and buy on Bandcamp
Garland of Grace
A sneak peek at one of the new songs from In Spiritum Sanctum – Garland of Grace. This is a song with lyrics taken from Proverbs, celebrating wisdom in all her feminine glory.
Watch it HERE
In Spiritum Sanctum
Jess Ward’s brand new album In Spiritum Sanctum is out this Friday 23rd June! It is a new scripture inspired work in a range of styles from medieval to gospel and everything in between.
Download it on bandcamp or join Jess at one of her launch tour concerts
The Mermaid’s Lament
JESS Ward’s debut album on the harp was The Mermaid’ Lament.
Featuring 13 tracks, mostly original songs plus a few traditional tunes played on the harp, its magical sound was praised by folk fans and critics alike. It also received airtime on BBC Radio Wales and Radio Pembrokeshire.
Songs include Invocation, Cowrie Love, The Giddy Girl, Raven Wing, 3 Leaves, The Mermaid’s Lament, Heartbroken Man, Over & Over, Longing, Dancing with the Devil accompanied by traditional Welsh tune Ty Bach Twt, and beautiful three part harmonies on the a cappella song Lift up Your Face. Tunes include a Schottische and Tommy Bhetty’s Waltz arranged by Jess.
The album was recorded by Jens Schroeder at Dreamworld Studio, Pembrokeshire and was released in September 2014.
It is available to download at £10 from Bandcamp or contact Jess for a CD.
My first harp CD
Jess Ward – the EP:
WHEN I was 3 my parents owned a Celtic harp for a short time. I remember the magical resonances of the strings that reached up and over my head, they seemed to go on forever. It made such an impression and I was heartbroken when the harp was sold. I have carried this vivid memory with me all these years and held, buried within, the deep knowledge that somehow I was connected to this instrument, more like a living creature than any other.
When I first laid my hands upon these strings, at the end of June 2012, it was the unlocking of a deep creative well and the channelling of intense inspiration, coming from the harp itself, as it softly laid its enchantment over me.
With this EP I offer you some of the first fruits from the tree.
When I first laid my hands upon these strings, at the end of June 2012, it was the unlocking of a deep creative well and the channelling of intense inspiration, coming from the harp itself, as it softly laid its enchantment over me.
With this EP I offer you some of the first fruits from the tree.
Tracks are my own songs The Giddy Girl, The Mermaid’s Lament, and Three Leaves, and The Blacksmith (traditional, arr. Jess Ward).
Information:
Released March 9, 2014
Recorded by Jens Schroeder at Dreamworld Studio, Pembrokeshire.
Recorded by Jens Schroeder at Dreamworld Studio, Pembrokeshire.
Available from Bandcamp at £5.
Go to jessward.bandcamp.com
Go to jessward.bandcamp.com
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