Performer: Aled Jones
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BMG
Release: 2020
Size: 957 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. How Can I Keep from Singing? (Arr. by Ian Tilley & Fiona Pears)
02. Sunrise Sunset (Arr. by Fiona Pears)
03. Ave Maria (Arr. by Simon Lole)
04. Bless This House (Arr. by Simon Lole)
05. Anfonaf Angel (Arr. by Robert Ramskill)
06. Loving Kindness
07. If I Can Help Somebody / Let There Be Peace on Earth (Arr. by Simon Lole)
08. Vespera
09. Australian Blessing
10. Irish Blessing (Arr. by Simon Lole)
11. Down by the Salley Gardens (Arr. by Ian Tilley & Fiona Pears)
12. Song of Our Maker
13. Silent Night, H.145
For 2020, and his 40th album, one of our most loved singers Aled Jones presents Blessings. An idea first incubated a few years ago, the album speaks to the senses we have all felt, as well as faith, spirituality, and most importantly creating a holistic album for all. The album will be released on BMG on November 6th.
Blessingstouches on a range of faiths and beliefs – Quaker, Christian, Catholic, Muslim, Buddhism – through a range of uplifting hymns, texts and scriptures set to music. Aled has also enlisted artists of a variety of religious and non-religious backgrounds to collaborate, including singer/songwriter and humanitarian Sami Yusuf, award-winning actress and author Dame Judi Dench, Britain’s Got Talent finalist Susan Boyle, 94-year-old D-Day veteran Harry Billinge MBE, boy chorists Libera and biggest-selling Catholic artists The Priests.
At the heart of the album is Aled’s firm belief that peace, love and kindness are at the core of all faiths – these are the values that bind us together and come to us in times of need.