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Ink On A Pin

by Sara Colman

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Down To You 04:12
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Woodstock 06:30
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My Old Man 05:41

about

Sara Colman, the acclaimed UK singer, songwriter and composer, announces a November release for her new album celebrating the music of Joni Mitchell, with striking new arrangements and poignant re-workings of seven songs from one of her most significant influences.

“…unfailingly beautiful, richly expressive voice.” - Jazzwise

Following her much-admired 2018 release, What We’re Made Of, noted by American critic Ted Gioia as ‘worthy of your attention’, Colman’s latest project amplifies her inventiveness and versatility, as she weaves elements of folk, Americana and jazz into expressive new arrangements of iconic songs drawn from Mitchell’s celebrated catalogue.

Growing out of her time as Recording-Artist-in-Residence at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2019, Ink On A Pin (taking its title from a lyric from Mitchell’s iconic song Blue) features Colman’s ten-piece band, with strings and vocals set alongside the ever-innovative Percy Pursglove (flugelhorn), Steve Banks (guitars), Rebecca Nash (piano), Ben Markland (bass) and Jonathan Silk (drums).

Inspired by her love of classic songwriting and instinctive improvisational energy, Mitchell’s work has long had a profound impact on Colman. “My awareness of Joni’s unfailing ability to write songs that are uniquely personal and yet universal has deepened as I discover more about what inspired her to write them, as they have inspired countless jazz musicians before me. Often with Joni, in writing about something in her life, she seems to encapsulate the very thing that you yourself are experiencing. Genius.”

In recent years, Bristol-born Colman has worked with some of the leading lights in British music, including Laura Mvula, Liane Carroll and Mahalia, performing at the BBC Proms, and was commissioned in 2019 by The Canales Project (US) to write a song celebrating the life of Sakena Yacoobi, an Afghan activist who has spent her life fighting for the rights of children and women to education in Afghanistan. The piece was premiered in Washington, in May 2019.

Full of her natural warmth, character and integrity, Ink On A Pin features seven pieces all with strong resonance and significance to Colman, traced back to when she first encountered Mitchell’s Court and Spark album as a 19 year-old student in Birmingham. “I was a piano student at the Conservatoire, new to the city, a little bit lonely and hungry for inspiration other than the classical music that surrounded me, and the pop that somehow wasn’t quite enough. Other new listening included Pat Metheny, Supertramp, Keith Jarrett, Dudley Moore, Fleetwood Mac - all superb and influential in their own way, however, the Court and Spark tape I borrowed from the library was consistently renewed with a new date stamp and practically worn out. I’m not sure it ever made it back.”

credits

released November 26, 2021

Sara Colman - vocals
Rebecca Nash - piano
Steve Banks - guitars
Ben Markland - bass
Jonathan Silk - drums
Percy Pursglove - flugelhorn
Beth Bellis - violin 1 & vocals
Ning-ning Li - violin 2 & vocals
Natalie Mason - viola & vocals
Katy Nagle - cello & vocals

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The Recording Sessions:
Real World Studios, Box, UK, January 2019
Engineered by Oli Jacobs & assisted by students from the RBC Music Technology Department
Produced by Simon Hall & Ben Markland

This Flight Tonight - Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, March 2019 Engineered & produced by Ben Markland

My Old Man - Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, June 2021 Engineered & produced by Ben Markland
Assisted by Reiss Smith

Ink On A Pin
Edited & mixed by Simon Hall & Ben Markland, assisted by Niccolò Conti Produced by Sara Colman, Simon Hall & Ben Markland
Mastered by Niccolò Conti, Ben Markland & Matthew O’Malley

Art by Jo Lewis - jolewisart.com
Design by Tom Chapman - tomchapman.net

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Sara Colman UK

One of the particular strengths of the collection is its refusal to be corralled by convention. At the heart of it is Colman’s unfailingly beautiful, richly expressive voice Jazzwise ★★★★
There is integrity, maturity and inventiveness to Colman’s writing
UK Vibe ★★★★★
Sara Colman has an enchanting voice, a fact she proves from the very first notes of What We’re Made Of.
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