Thirteen Pianos by Maria Quinn
I wrote Thirteen Pianos after reading a news article about Gaza's only concert grand piano which was badly damaged during the bombings of 2014. From the story, I learned that there are only thirteen pianos in the whole of Gaza. It got me thinking that I can take a short walk around the neighbourhood in my village near Glasgow and count at least thirteen pianos in the houses and schools that I pass.
For the cover artwork, I used a haunting photograph of two children walking hand-in-hand amid piles of rubble in Gaza, and added thirteen images of the pianos in my neighbourhood. The main piano drawing depicts the concert grand piano in the story and it was drawn by a local artist and friend from sketches of my own piano.
Tracklist
| 1. | Rockpool Blues | 3:04 |
| 2. | Thirteen Pianos | 4:10 |
| 3. | Child | 4:21 |
Credits
All songs written and performed by Willowbark.
Violin on Thirteen Pianos played by Lesley Woodbrooks.
Recorded and mastered by Mark Freegard at Kyoti Studio, Glasgow.
Piano drawing by Joan Cameron.
License
All rights reserved.
“The songs and arrangements are beautiful, like little jewelled boxes“ ~Findlay Napier
“challenges our perspectives about modern music and draws us in to some fascinating story telling“ ~Norrie Hunter
"A record that fizzes with invention" ~Boo Hewerdine
Inspired by jazz/ folk/classical music, and artists such as Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman