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Wayfaring Stranger

Spiritual made famous by Eva Cassidy. A big Glorious Chorus fave, great chords in the chorus and new bass tune by Helen in the intro.

Take Me To The River

Al Green soul hit, nice to add improv over the loop at the end if you can. Grooves along.

Stayin’ Alive

Bee Gees disco hit. If you have willing basses to sing falsetto, this is the song for you! Extra bits by Helen here for more crazy harmonies.

Movin On Up

Primal Scream hit, totally uplifting with extra descant in the choruses.

Imagine

John Lennon’s classic. Lovely counter-rhythm parts for the sops, altos & basses, no dum dums! Not difficult to sing, just a lot of lyrics

Harvest For The World

Female-only arrangement, written for Helen’s One World show, from The Isley Bro’s original. Lots of jazzy chords.

Fairytale of New York

Rousing Christmas hit for The Pogues & Kirsty McCall, all the feistiness is written into this arrangement. Not difficult but helps to know the original for the structure and amount of lyrics!

Deep River

Beautiful weaving of this traditional spiritual with Jimmy Cliff’s classic song.