There's something magical to the lost and forgotten. In a quiet corner of Culzean Castle's second-hand bookshop, a simple notice board gathers scraps from lives once led old receipts, faded postcards, and letters with no one to receive. Each piece is imbued with a ghost of a story, and now, new echoes of that past are singing a new song on Yvonne Lyon and Boo Hewerdine's stunning new album, "Things Found In Books."
Boo Hewerdine is an Ivor Novello Award-nominated songwriter that has spent decades honing an ability to pen songs that mean something. Famed as the writer behind the hymn-like "Patience of Angels" and as the creator of the folk classic Sings the Songs of Robert Burns for Eddi Reader, the Hewerdine touch is unmistakable.
Yvonne Lyon, one of the United Kingdom's most compelling singer-songwriters, delivered her signature combination of poetic lyrics and hauntingly beautiful melodies. Guesting on BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris sessions and recently receiving a Master's Degree in Songwriting and Performance, Lyon has continued to enthrall audiences with her artistry.
Inspired by the lost artifacts once tacked onto that bookshop board, "Things Found In Books" feels like a musical time capsule. The 35-minute, 58-second album is filled with introspective storytelling, sensitive instrumentation, and soaring harmonies.
Among the highlights, "Waiting" conveys the pain of lost opportunities, and "Baby Blue" glows with bittersweet tenderness. Each song has its weight, and together, they form a tapestry of lives once lived, loves once held, and the abiding power of memory and reveal the hidden beauty of life's commonplace moments. Masterfully blending nostalgia and hope into song, Lyon and Hewerdine turn distant memories into melodies that resonate long after the last chord fades.
This album is not a sonic experience; it's a tactile souvenir. "Things Found In Books" will be issued as a bespoke hardback CD book, an elegant, tactile reminder of the music. Like the scraps of life that inspired it, the special edition asks listeners to cling to something physical in a digital age.
With "Things Found In Books," Yvonne Lyon and Boo Hewerdine show that even the most mundane traces of our life receipts, to-do lists, notes penned into novels, and snaps of forgotten afternoons slipped between pages can inspire something timeless. This album is dedicated to the broken pieces behind us and the uncovered stories.
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