Turning of the Year
by Anne-Marie Sanderson
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Turning of the Year is the lead single from my forthcoming album, Old Light, which will be available to pre-order on Bandcamp in June 2024
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Anne-Marie Sanderson opens a new chapter with her new single, Turning of the Year, offering both an invitation and a manifesto: ‘It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention / Follow this breath to its full potential...’.
Old Light, her forthcoming debut album [5 Sep 24] promises to be well worth the wait. Touching on themes of nature, personal growth, and ancestral wisdom, the album is also rich in musical scope, paying homage to diverse influences from folk, pop and jazz. The end result is a signature sound crafted with care in Anne-Marie’s home studio, where she took on the roles of multi-instrumentalist, arranger, recording engineer and producer.
In an age where attention is spread thin and our focus seems constantly blurred by peripheral darkness, Sanderson’s songs seek out glimmers of hope and create space for them to shine. There is an understated authority to her work and an irresistible inevitability to its emotional momentum. Each note and every word is significant, an essential part of the greater whole. Or to borrow from the album’s soulful second single If, ‘everything has got its right place / everything has got its right time / and everything has got a balance / and everything will work out fine.’
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Anne-Marie Sanderson opens a new chapter with her new single, Turning of the Year, offering both an invitation and a manifesto: ‘It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention / Follow this breath to its full potential...’.
Old Light, her forthcoming debut album [5 Sep 24] promises to be well worth the wait. Touching on themes of nature, personal growth, and ancestral wisdom, the album is also rich in musical scope, paying homage to diverse influences from folk, pop and jazz. The end result is a signature sound crafted with care in Anne-Marie’s home studio, where she took on the roles of multi-instrumentalist, arranger, recording engineer and producer.
In an age where attention is spread thin and our focus seems constantly blurred by peripheral darkness, Sanderson’s songs seek out glimmers of hope and create space for them to shine. There is an understated authority to her work and an irresistible inevitability to its emotional momentum. Each note and every word is significant, an essential part of the greater whole. Or to borrow from the album’s soulful second single If, ‘everything has got its right place / everything has got its right time / and everything has got a balance / and everything will work out fine.’
lyrics
If we speak just to fill the silence
And if we write just to fill the space
We struggle to find perspective
As we move on from place to place
The turning of the year is ripe for change
Gather up all the plans we’ve made
It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,
Follow this breath to its full potential
And as the crow builds her nest by instinct
And as the lark sings his song by grace
The geese know to fly in formation
As they move on without a trace
The turning of the year is ripe for change
Gather up all the plans we’ve made
It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,
Follow this breath to its full potential
No we can’t fight our nature
No we can’t hide our love
We can’t fight our nature
No we can’t hide our love
Every new year brings new life
Every new dawn brings new light
Every new year brings new life
Every new dawn brings new light
And we circle around the question
As the earth draws her path around the sun
Though the lines of our live must wander
To depart from what we’ve always done
The turning of the year is ripe for change
Gather up all the plans we’ve made
It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,
Follow this breath to its full
The turning of the year is ripe for change
Gather up all the plans we’ve made
It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,
Follow this breath to its full potential
And if we write just to fill the space
We struggle to find perspective
As we move on from place to place
The turning of the year is ripe for change
Gather up all the plans we’ve made
It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,
Follow this breath to its full potential
And as the crow builds her nest by instinct
And as the lark sings his song by grace
The geese know to fly in formation
As they move on without a trace
The turning of the year is ripe for change
Gather up all the plans we’ve made
It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,
Follow this breath to its full potential
No we can’t fight our nature
No we can’t hide our love
We can’t fight our nature
No we can’t hide our love
Every new year brings new life
Every new dawn brings new light
Every new year brings new life
Every new dawn brings new light
And we circle around the question
As the earth draws her path around the sun
Though the lines of our live must wander
To depart from what we’ve always done
The turning of the year is ripe for change
Gather up all the plans we’ve made
It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,
Follow this breath to its full
The turning of the year is ripe for change
Gather up all the plans we’ve made
It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,
Follow this breath to its full potential
credits
released April 18, 2024
Music & lyrics by Anne-Marie Sanderson
Produced by Anne-Marie Sanderson
Featuring drums by Josh Jackson, recorded by Pete Ord at the Studio at Sunbeams
Everything else (acoustic guitar, bass, cello, vocals) played and recorded by Anne-Marie Sanderson
Mixed by Sam Parkinson and Anne-Marie Sanderson at Stonegate Studios
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk - Stereophonic Mastering
Single artwork photo - Alex Stevenson
Music & lyrics by Anne-Marie Sanderson
Produced by Anne-Marie Sanderson
Featuring drums by Josh Jackson, recorded by Pete Ord at the Studio at Sunbeams
Everything else (acoustic guitar, bass, cello, vocals) played and recorded by Anne-Marie Sanderson
Mixed by Sam Parkinson and Anne-Marie Sanderson at Stonegate Studios
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk - Stereophonic Mastering
Single artwork photo - Alex Stevenson
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about
Anne-Marie Sanderson
Singer-songwriter in Cumbria. New album coming in 2024.
shows
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May 4Lancaster, UK
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Aug 16Workington, UK
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Aug 22Silloth, UK
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Oct 31Kendal, UK
discography
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Apr 2024 -
Apr 2018 -
Feb 2015 -
Apr 2013 -
Dec 2014
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