Vashti Bunyan

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Vashti Bunyan is an English folk singer who was publicized to be the next Marianne Faithfull and the female version of Bob Dylan back in the mid-60s. Several singles were released in the 1960s to some mild success. Bunyan also released the LP, Just Another Diamond Day, in 1970 which consisted of songs written while traveling in a horse drawn gypsy cart. Critics panned the album and a discouraged Vashti soon disappeared from the music scene. However, by the 2000s her work had finally been finding an audience among contemporary artists and fans of folk music. After guesting on Piano Magic’s album ‘Writers Without Homes’, she released her critically acclaimed second album, Lookaftering, 35 years after its predecessor. In 2006, she collaborated with Adem on his latest album. She also collaborated with Animal Collective on the Prospect Hummer EP.

1	Diamond Day full track	859
2	Glow Worms full track	519
3	Rose Hip November full track	426
4	Where I Like To Stand full track	406
5	Lily Pond full track	390
6	Hebridean Sun full track	377
7	Timothy Grub full track	376
8	Swallow Song full track	358
9	Come Wind Come Rain full track	346
10	Window Over The Bay full track	338
11	Trawlerman's Song full track	327
12	Rainbow River full track	310
13	Iris's Song For Us full track	292
14	Jog Along Bess full track	258
15	Here Before	231

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blockh3ad wrote:
yesterday afternoon

hey whats 'If I Were' doing way way down the charts? get it up there :)

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n-r-drake wrote:
yesterday morning

amo Leave Me

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chrisjorg wrote:
Saturday morning

I love the fact that she also attended Oxford (that's where I encountered her songs for the first time) but that the head of the Ruskin (Oxford's school of art) kicked her out. Now they proudly boast about her, ah the irony.

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disasterhead wrote:
Friday morning

download her soon

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Lord-Buckley wrote:
Thursday evening

The most beautiful music i've ever heard

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chrisjorg wrote:
7 days ago

She is cute.

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riologic wrote:
last month

I love this!

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RobertFinck3000 wrote:
last month

Hey you guys who like vashti bunyan, you should listen to Shirley Collins as well.

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MecasSingelo wrote:
last month

la la; lalala-lalala-lalalalala-lalala-la. hey-oh, the wind and the rain.

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busz91 wrote:
last month

x3

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Plarg wrote:
last month

Hands up if you love Vashti + Animal Collective!

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Waqcku wrote:
last month

I see the relevance. every time I hear her fucking atrocious meowl i want to run away as fast as possible.

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Hklti36Fljf wrote:
last month

Agreed

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thesilvergutter wrote:
last month

i can't figure out who would think that vashti bunyan is appropriate for a reebok ad.

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lm525 wrote:
last month

superb voice

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jmalcher wrote:
last month

Adoro.

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cindy-young wrote:
last month

soft melody

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look_at_her wrote:
July 2008

amazing voice

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Imariabe wrote:
July 2008

anyone see the reebok ad with "train song" in it?

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holly_true wrote:
July 2008

lookaftering's great! i'm in love with against the sky

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