1.    Peace (Nightsong 1)
2.    FVX
3.    Atlantic
4.    Nightsong 2
5.    Missed Her On The Road
6.    Guests
7.    Nightsong 3
8.    Asylum Harbour *
9.    The Late Train **
10.   Nightsong 4
11.   A Light In The Dark Of Night
12.   Cimiez ***
13.   Saving A Life

All compositions by Josh Johnston except
* Josh Johnston & Stephen Joseph McArdle
** Roesy
*** David MacKenzie

Josh Johnston - piano

Produced by Josh Johnston
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Brian Masterson

Where his previous CD Asylum Harbour hoped to answer (or at least voice in lyrics) some of the questions of his particular human experience, Josh's 2010 CD comes at a time when he realised that sometimes there are both not enough words and too many words to give us perpetual calm in this life - sometimes we need a moment of quiet. So here instead is a piano-solo CD recorded two days after the end of the big freeze in January 2010 in St. Peters' Church of Ireland in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. The cover was designed by Keith Mullins using photographs taken by Will O'Connell.

The CD features 11 original compositions, a new composition by long-time collaborator David MacKenzie and a unique interpretation of The Late Traiin by Roesy.

Although there was a composed structure to all of the tracks, various parts of some of the tracks were improvised in the studio.

The idea of recording a completely instrumental album had been brewing for a while. Josh explains; "I've always put instrumentals into my live set as the piano and my piano style is such an important part of my sound and I knew people enjoy that side of my playing. A lot of people had been suggesting to me that I record a purely instrumental piano album but I always resisted as I could always hear other instruments in my arrangements and love working with other musicians but I was recording a follow-up to Asylum Harbour and when the lyrics were taking longer than I wanted for them to come, I decided to change tack and spend a day recording with Brian Masterson who I'd worked with before with David MacKenzie and on Asylum Harbour. We went to Drogheda to record some music piano solo – we had no preconceptions but to record whatever happened. The sound grew very organically from the beginning of the session which was right in the middle of winter and at the tail-end of a really cold snap. I think the atmosphere is really palpable from the tracks and that wintery feel informed my choice of cover art as well. By the end of the day we had 13 tracks and that was definitely a CD's worth. I’m really looking forward to playing the music live."

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These and other CDs featuring Josh Johnston and released by Shandon Records are also available from I-Tunes and www.shandonrecords.com.

1     Precious Days Indeed (Josh Johnston & S.J. McArdle)
2     Asylum Harbour (Josh Johnston & S.J. McArdle)
3     The Map (Josh Johnston & Anna Johnston)
4     Breathing Space (Josh Johnston & Elton Mullally)
5     In The Frame (Mark Conway & Paddy Slattery)
6     Lady MacDuff’s Lament (Josh Johnston)
7     Midnight (Nick Burrage)
8     Once I Was A Pretty Girl (Josh Johnston & S.J. McArdle)
9     Empty World (Josh Johnston & Diana Segara)
10     Swimming On The Moon (Josh Johnston & Anna Johnston)
11     The Forty Foot (Ronan Swift)

Produced by Josh Johnston & Eoin O’Brien
Recorded & Mixed by Eoin O’Brien
Mastered by Brian Masterson

Josh has been writing songs and instrumentals with various co-writers since 2000, and has been looking for ways to broaden the sound of the music. Since January 2008, he has been performing this newer material live with a new band formed from musicians he met and played with elsewhere. Together they are giving conviction and enthusiasm to his new style of music. In various music rooms, garages and bedrooms throughout Ireland, Josh and the band have made a new CD, Asylum Harbour, a collection of original tunes inspired by the themes of home, identity and the search for calm in this mixed-up world.

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Three Friends

Josh’s first CD, originally released in 2000, was recorded during a day’s free recording which was given to him by his sister. It is currently out of print.

1     Three Friends (Johnston)
2     By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Jimmy Webb)
3     Shadwell (Johnston)
4     The Organist's Farewell (Johnston)
5     I Wish That I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Richard Lamb & William Taylor)
6     It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob Dylan)
7     Accentuate The Positive
(Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer)
8     Columbus (Noel Brazil)
9     Sunrise On The Mississippi (Bruce Cockburn)
10     Jazzchild's Lullaby (Johnston)
11     Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael / Johnny Mercer)
12     The Skeams (Johnston)

Produced by Josh Johnston
Engineered & Mixed by Rodney Callan
at The Works, Dublin January - April 2000

Josh Johnston - Piano & Vocals
Jane Dalton - Vocals on Tracks 2, 7 & 11
Carole Nelson - Saxophone on Tracks 6 & 8

with
Stephen McFarlane - Electric Guitar
Andrew Csibi - Double Bass
Robbie Harris - Percussion

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A series of musical postcards through 13 original compositions which perfectly capture the atmosphere of warm sunny days and balmy nights in the Mediterranean. Whether upbeat or laid back, these jazz rhythms and melodies will transport you there, recreating the relaxed mood and colours of this region

1 The Latecomer 4.20
2 Cap Mortola 3.51
3 Silk 6.33
4 Through The Night 3.33
5 Place Carnot 2.58
6 La Narbonnaise 4.51
7 Minor Happiness 4.38
8 Broadband Blues 5.05
9 La Plage 2.38
10 Waiting 5.16
11 Wistful Thinking 5.38
12 Pont Neuf 4.13
13 Sliding Scale 2.47

Notes Home Sampler by joshjohnston

All tracks written by David MacKenzie & Josh Johnston

Produced by Josh Johnston & David MacKenzie
Recorded by Brian Masterson with Mark Dwyer & Maria Fitzgerald
Mixed & Mastered by Brian Masterson
© Shandon Records 2008