Pomegranate by Ashley Maher
"Pomegranate is her second album (for Virgin UK) and like the first, it draws all its musical juice from the vines of the developing world and Joni Mitchell. Her tunes are almost indecently luxurious, the playing exquisite and the arrangements as full of subtlety as you could wish ... Hers is a golden world, in which words are garlands, voices are a glow and drums ... well, you know what they say about the drums."
-Nick Coleman, TimeOut, U.K.
Tracklist
| 1. | The Flow | 4:51 |
| 2. | Laughter in the Rain | 5:00 |
| 3. | Throw My Heart | 4:50 |
| 4. | Spring | 3:51 |
| 5. | I Want to Make It Grow | 4:44 |
| 6. | Dream Rhymes | 3:37 |
| 7. | Take Me Down | 4:32 |
| 8. | Stumbling Block | 4:01 |
| 9. | Why Do You Cry This Way? | 3:42 |
| 10. | Donegal | 5:02 |
Credits
KEVIN ARMSTRONG - producer, mix
ROD BEALE - engineer, mix
IAN COOPER - mastering
Recorded in the UK at:
Ridge Farm Studio * Townhouse Studio * Maison Rouge * Jacobs Studio
Mixed and mastered at Townhouse Studios
STYLOROUGE - cover art
MUSICIANS:
HILAIRE PENDA - bass
KEVIN ARMSTRONG - guitars, marimba, additional percussion
PHIL SEWELL - fretless bass, bass
PACO SERY - drums, additional percussion
GEOFF DUNN - drums
CHEIKH TIDIANE SECK - keyboards
SYDNEY THIAM - percussion, hand drums
EPIZO BANGOURA - djembe, talking drum
ROD BEALE - midi guitar
STEVE BENTLEY-KLEIN - violin
TREVOR BURLEY - cello
TIMOTHY GRANT - viola
KEITARO TAKAYAMA - violin
ALEX GIFFORD - tenor saxophone
CHRIS LAWRENCE - trombone, flugel horn
PETE LONG - soprano sax
RICHARD SIDWELL - trumpet, flugel horn
ASHLEY MAHER - vocals
License
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Ashley Maher is a singer-songwriter blending Senegalese mbalax, folk, jazz, and global grooves. Born in Canada, raised in California, and seasoned in London and Dakar, she’s released eight albums with top musicians from Paris to West Africa. Her sound draws comparisons to Peter Gabriel, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, and Youssou N’Dour.