It’s truthful to say that Vashti Bunyan’s musical profession hasn’t adopted a traditional path. After a faltering try to make it as a pop singer in Swinging London, she dropped out of the rat race and journeyed by horse-drawn wagon to the Isle Of Skye, an expertise that knowledgeable her startling 1970 debut Simply One other Diamond Day, recorded with help from members of Fairport Conference and The Unimaginable String Band.
It proved to be Bunyan’s final recording for greater than 30 years, till her rediscovery by freak-folk luminaries akin to Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom and Animal Collective prompted a exceptional renaissance, resulting in her 2005 Max Richter-producer comeback album Lookaftering and its 2014 follow-up Heartleap.
Lookaftering is about to be reissued for its twentieth anniversary, augmented by a number of demo variations, alternate takes and reside performances. However earlier than that, Vashti has kindly agreed to endure a mild grilling from you, the Uncut readers. So what do you wish to ask a wandering soul? Ship your inquiries to audiencewith@uncut.co.uk by Friday January 3 and Vashti will reply one of the best ones in a future concern of Uncut.
