Vashti Bunyan

Born: 1945

Vashti Bunyan is an English singer who was publicized to be the next Marianne Faithfull and the female version of Bob Dylan back in the mid-60s. Several singles were released in the 1960s to some mild success. Bunyan also released the LP, Just Another Diamond Day, in 1970 which consisted of songs written while traveling in a horse drawn gypsy cart. Critics panned the album and a discouraged Vashti soon disappeared from the music scene. However, by the 2000s her work had finally been finding an audience among contemporary artists and fans of folk music. After guesting on Piano Magic's album 'Writers Without Homes', she released her critically acclaimed second album, Lookaftering, 35 years after its predecessor. In 2006 she collaborated with Adem on his latest album and began to tour for the first time, accompanied by various musicians including Jo Mango and Gareth Dickson. She collaborated with Animal Collective on the Prospect Hummer EP. Vashti also sang with Devendra Banhart on his album Rejoicing in the Hands.

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Popular tags: folk, singer-songwriter, female vocalists, freak folk, indie
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  • Vashti Bunyan - Train Song

    Vashti Bunyan - Train Song

    Originally released as a single on Columbia in May 1966. It is based on an earlier song of hers, one entitled "17 Pink Sugar Elephants". The melody and chord...

  • Vashti Bunyan - Here Before

    Vashti Bunyan - Here Before

    Vashti Bunyan - Here Before. From her album "Lookaftering". "Once I had a child He was wilder than moonlight He could do it all Like he'd been here before On...

  • Vashti Bunyan - Love Song

    Vashti Bunyan - Love Song

    Vashti Bunyan - Love Song.

  • Feist and Ben Gibbard Train Song

    Feist and Ben Gibbard Train Song

    Beautiful cover of Vashti Bunyan's Train Song. It's going to be released on the Sampler 'Dark Was The Night'. "Dark Was The Night will be released on Februar...

  • vashti bunyan - winter is blue

    vashti bunyan - winter is blue

    winter is blue living is gone some are just sleeping in spring they'll go on our love is dead nothing but crying love will not find even one more new morning...

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  • Nick Drake Honoured with Box Set Reissue of 'Bryter Layter,' Live Tribute Album Featuring Vashti Bunyan, Robyn Hitchcock

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    called Way to Blue - The Songs of Nick Drake and it's out in North American on April 16 through StorySound Records and a day earlier in the UK via Navigator Records. This live collection was recorded in London, UK, and Melbourne, Australia, and features ...

  • Vashti Bunyan plays some headline shows this spring!

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    4 May UK BRACKNELL SOUTH HILL PARK ARTS CENTRE Vashti's story tells of the thwarted promise of early fame, disenchantment, long-term exile and eventual rediscovery. In the mid-'60s, after quitting art school to concentrate on music, she was discovered ...

  • Vashti Bunyan plays some headline shows this spring!

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    These live dates are Vashti's first headline shows in the UK for quite some time. Please see below. 8 Apr UK BRISTOL ST GEORGES 9 Apr UK LEEDS HOWARD ASSEMBLY ROOM 10 Apr UK BRIGHTON ST GEORGES CHURCH 11 Apr UK LONDON Arctic Circle presents at UNION ...

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