Varda, James

Chance And Time

Suffolk-based singer songwriter James Varda's fourth and final album before his death from a long battle with cancer in 2015, 'Chance And Time,' on Unspun Heroes is an astonishing aural document of a creative, forward-thinking musician coming to terms with a life slowly evaporating away. There is hubris, melancholy and an undeniable weight of sadness in these ten songs but, miraculously, there is also a stoic realisation and acceptance from Varda that is both heart-wrenching and deeply affecting. On 'Chance And Time' Varda reconnects the human spirit to the land, a heavy, fearful heart to an optimistic soul, and in a beautiful poetic flourish gives a real tangible sense of loving and hope to his family and friends offering genuine reassurance and even, at times, a green light for celebration. Carrying a certain air of mystique, that same sense of a 'other worldliness' if you will of say a Karen Dalton or a Jeff Buckley, Varda's delivery and tone carries huge emotional weight here and an unique ability to add an honest perspective and warmth to the starkest of realities.

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Format
LP - 1 disk
Release date
15-03-2024
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Item-nr
544749
EAN
5070002558804
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In stock
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TRACKS

Disk 1

1. IT'S NOT QUITE TOO LATE
2. MAY THIS MOMENT EVER GLOW
3. THE DOCTOR SPOKE
4. OUR LOVE WILL NEVER END
5. ONLY LOVE
6. LET MY PLACE
7. ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER
8. PASS IT ON
9. BESIDE THE SEA
10. WE WON'T DREAM