Vashti Bunyan
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Vashti Bunyan

Vashti Bunyan recorded her first album, 'Just Another Diamond Day,' in 1970. It didn't get much attention when it came out, but over time it found its way to...

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Vashti Bunyan, the quiet voice of Diamond Day

Her 1970 album found a home decades later, a gentle sound that never hurried.

If you need a place to start, put on 'Train Song' or 'Rainbow River'. They frame that quiet, thoughtful space she's always occupied.

Her music matters because it arrived almost unnoticed and stayed that way, a private world that slowly found its listeners. Songs like 'Train Song' have that unhurried, whispered quality that feels miles from any music business. It's the kind of record you discover by accident, and it sticks around because it doesn't try to grab you.

She recorded 'Just Another Diamond Day' in 1970, then stepped away for years, living on a farm in Scotland. The album's reissue in 2005 brought her back to making music, leading to records like 'Lookaftering' and 'Heartleap'. She's always worked slowly, never chasing trends.

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Vashti Bunyan recorded her first album, 'Just Another Diamond Day,' in 1970. It didn't get much attention when it came out, but over time it found its way to people who appreciated its quiet, unhurried sound. Songs like 'Train Song' and 'Rose Hip November' have a gentle, almost whispered quality that feels like it's coming from somewhere far away from the usual music business.

After that album, she mostly stepped away from making music publicly. She spent years living on a farm in the Scottish Highlands, raising sheep and painting, writing songs mostly for herself. It wasn't until the early 2000s that a new audience began discovering her work, which led to the reissue of 'Just Another Diamond Day' in 2005.

Since then, she has made a few more records, including 'Lookaftering' in 2005 and 'Heartleap' in 2009. Her later songs, like 'Go Before The Dawn,' still carry that same thoughtful, unadorned feeling. She works slowly, and her music has never really been about chasing trends or building a career.

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