Sing It For A Lifetime

Album: Sing It For A Lifetime (2022)
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  • The title track from Heidi Talbot's eighth solo album is a joyful sing-along inspired by the wonders of nature. The Irish folk singer told Songfacts in a track-by-track interview:

    "I love walking in the woods where I live just outside Edinburgh. I wrote this song very quickly after a two-hour forest ramble - it took 15 minutes. That never happens to me. I like to think I caught it there that day. I spent so much of lockdown walking and singing or writing ideas into my phone. I really think where you are informs your creativity and for me, the forest is vibrant with creative energy."
  • The album was created during a period of upheaval in Talbot's personal life. She was going through a divorce from her husband and longtime musical partner, John McCusker, and in the midst of selling their family home. After Covid prevented her from meeting with her producer, Dirk Powell, in Louisiana, she recorded the songs in isolation with her engineer Cameron Malcolm and sent the files to Powell each night.
  • This features backing vocals from Talbot's daughters, Jessica and Molly Mae.

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