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  • A bundle of the 3 Josh Johnston solo CDs (the Moon Landing EP also thrown in for good measure)

    Asylum Harbour (2008) - songs
    The Shape Of Things (2010) - piano solo
    The Art Of Saving Lives (2018) - songs

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    A bundle of five albums (including The Art Of Saving Lives) by 5 quality Irish musicians

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    West To The Evening Sun - Ailie Blunnie ailieblunnie.bandcamp.com/album/west-to-the-evening-sun
    Love Joints - Danny G & The Major 7ths shop.hipdroprecords.com/album/love-joints
    Mongrel City - Carol Keogh - carolkeogh.bandcamp.com/album/mongrel-city
    The Art Of Saving Lives - Josh Johnston www.joshjohnston.com
    The Roaring Girl - Sive sivemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-roaring-girl

    The other four albums are albums Josh has greatly enjoyed over the last five years and they are by highly professional and original artists with things to say and unique ways to say them - they're also top people. They're all on Bandcamp and Spotify so you can listen to the music there but why not take advantage of this great value deal to bag five top quality discs at an excellent value price. All five performers have participated in the Paul Simon Project, a video project Josh has been curating over the last few years documenting performances of Paul Simon songs by great Irish musicians - a few of them aren't uploaded yet but will be during 2020.

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  • 5 CDs released by Shandon Records featuring the piano playing and compositions of Josh johnston

    A Minor Happiness - David MacKenzie & Josh Johnston (2004)
    Asylum Harbour - Josh Johnston (2008)
    Notes Home - David MacKenzie & Josh Johnston (2008)
    The Shape Of Things - Josh Johnston (2010)
    The Art Of Saving Things (2018)

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  • Full Digital Discography

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about

Reaching out, reaching out, tell me are you receiving me ?

lyrics

The phone line is a tightrope,
I’m trying to cross to youfrom the opposite side
I didn’t see how high the wire,
I never realised the going would be so hard and wide

Hold the line
I’m trying to reach out to you across space and time
Across the lines of words I mean to say but cannot find

Something moves beneath my feet and it tries to shake me
so I know I can’t look down
Nothing’s ever going to be the same
now you’re in another town

Hold the line
I’m trying to reach out to you across space and time
Across the lines of words I mean to say but cannot find

But the words are slow to come
In shades of night and dream
Forever tipping on my tongue
Never quite as distant as they seem

And if you step across the line you’re going to find
that you’re another day away
And all the good you’ve done is swept from you
with the very next thing that you say

Hold the line
I’m trying to reach out to you across space and time
Across the lines of words I mean to say but cannot find

And the words are slow to come
In shades of night and dream
Forever tipping on my tongue
Never quite as distant as they seem

But the words must take their leave,
Or lead you to your dream,
Forever tipping on my tongue
Never quite as simple as they seem

credits

from The Art Of Saving Lives, released June 29, 2018
Words & Music by Josh Johnston & Stephen Joseph McArdle

Produced by Josh Johnston
Engineered by Eoin O'Brien, Michael Manning & Anthony Gibney
Mixed by Michael Manning
Mastered by David Montuy

Josh Johnston - Vocal, Piano & Synth
Eoin O'Brien - Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Baking Vocal, Synth
Adam Fleming & Paddy Groenland - Additional Guitar
Martin Gruet - Bass
Cormac Dunne - Drums & Percussion
Carol Keogh - Backing vocal
Aisling Bridgeman - Violin
Rory Pierce - Cello
Bill Blacvkmore - Trumpet & Flugelhorn

(c) 2018 Shandon Records

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Josh Johnston Dublin, Ireland

Pianist / Singer / Songwriter from Dublin, Ireland 4 Solo CDs, 2 Singles & 2 EPs available - new songs album coming Spring 2022

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