Dora’s first Solo EP “Regret Not Me”
Available on CD
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Dora’s Second EP “Low Down in the Broom
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Dora’s brand new album “The Quest”
Now available on CD
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Review of Dora’s Album The Quest, by Bob Kenward published in Around Kent Folk Magazine.
She carries in her heart and soul/ the breath of mossy earth’: delicately sung and accompanied, Dora’s collection of self-penned and traditional songs harks back to an era of myth and legend. Pre-Raphaelite painting and Victorian poetry come to mind. It’s pastoral in that her voice captures the countryside: ‘where the birds do sing’, as expressed in her song Sunshine. Nods to Thomas Hardy, well set with flowing violin, and reflections upon King Arthur and the Lady Of The Lake guide perhaps to an intention to revisit the myth pool and make it relevant once again. Respectful settings of Lord Rendal, Three Ravens and Saucy Sailor carry forward the tradition of ‘story first’, an admirable trait. I should like to hear Dora sing some of the melodies from the Hammond and Gardiner manuscripts; she captures the gentle timeless note. If Bill Caddick can write about Unicorns that’s good enough for me: Dora’s take on that theme is a personal journey, a pursuit, invoking a magical rebirth. The title track might equally well have been four or five songs, the narrative twists and turns of storytelling against a mesmerising tune weaving steadily through the weft of acoustic guitar and whistles. Watery graves, bonny grey mares, love like a moon, naked heroines, dragons. The dynamic tension comes from nightmarishness and resolution sung in the reassuring tones of a lullaby. It’s a crowded field for singer-songwriters out there, yet Dora provides good evidence that the resonance of tradition is always in fashion. 10% of profits from this CD are to be donated to Tree Sisters; Women Seeding Change.
