The Keeper of Songs : An Audio Drama
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Alternative Stories and Fake Realities
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Kizzy is listening back through old recordings of her mother, Silva talking about the mystery of a missing folk singer, Molly Marrison who disappeared on the cusp of fame in the late 60s. As the mystery deepens an older story, that of the runaway lovers from Derbyshire folklore, becomes entwined in the investigation. The Keeper of Songs is adapted from the new novel by Fiona Mountain and features music by Bella Hardy.
In The Keeper of Songs by Fiona Mountain you heard
Amy Forrest as Silva
Keeley Lane as Kizzy
Chris Gregory as Jeff
Nicholas John as the news reader
and Elsa Lamb, Susan John, and Elliot John as the voices in the news montage.
The music is by Bella Hardy
The presenter is Sally Walker-Taylor
This audio drama was written by Fiona Mountain based on her new novel of the same name. You can purchase The Keeper of Songs, the book from Amazon and all the usual sources including selected local bookshops.
You can find out more about Fiona Mountain by visiting her website at https://www.fionamountain.com/
You can also follow Fiona on social media where she posts as on twitter and as https://twitter.com/FionaMountain on twitter and as https://www.instagram.com/fionamountainwriter/ on Instagram.
Order the Keeper of Songs from Amazon here https://tinyurl.com/39666j28
The Keeper of songs was produced by Nicholas John. Audio editing, mixing and mastering were by David Pickering Pick at ffg media www.ffgmedia.co.uk
The news clips montage was produced by Leopard Belly https://tinyurl.com/ymjh77sm
Follow Nicholas John on twitter here https://twitter.com/WordSong_
And David Pickering-Pick (FFG) here https://twitter.com/ffgaudio
The song you heard in this production was “Henry and Clara” by Bella Hardy which is taken from her album “The Dark Peak and the White”. Find out more about Bella and buy her music by visiting her website https://www.bellahardy.com/
And follow her on twitter https://twitter.com/bellahardy
If you follow Alternative Stories on twitter where we post as https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt look out for our upcoming competitions in which we’ll be giving away prizes from Fiona and from Bella Hardy.
You may also be interested in listening to our recent podcast in which we interviewed Fiona and heard some passages from her previous novels. You can find it here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/8482676
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