Spinning On Air
Bridget St. John
Sunday, September 24, 2006
When her first album came out in 1969, distinctive British songwriter
Bridget St. John sang of stepping away from daily concerns and eating
"buttercup sandwiches," and of birds, flowers, the sea, and the
pleasure of walking barefoot. A few years and a few albums later,
Bridget opted out of the English countryside and became a New Yorker.
She's lived here in Manhattan for decades now, continuing to write
personal, deeply affecting songs. With new reissues of her albums
available, the value of her early work is getting proper
acknowledgment. Bridget joins host David Garland to perform new and old songs in the WNYC Studio, and to talk about her life and music.
View photos from the session
Bridget St. John's "Celebration of Sixty Years on This Earth" takes
place Wed., Oct 4th, at Kenny's Castaways, 157 Bleeker St., NYC. More
info about Bridget, and this benefit event
thank you so much for this. i've loved Bridget St. John since 1969 and have kept track of her wonderful work since then. i learned to play guitar with a couple of her compositions. it's so wonderful to hear her again and to know that she's still writing, singing and recording. hope she comes to Wisconsin someday.
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David Garland, host of WNYC's Evening Music and Spinning on Air, is also a composer and a performer. He has performed his music extensively in the U.S. and Europe and several of his recordings and downloads are available on his Web site, DavidGarland.com.
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