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Helen Watson

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Biography

Helen Watson is an English singer‑songwriter whose work spans jazz, pop, and rock. Watson began performing on the Manchester folk club circuit in the late 1960s while teaching, later joining the blues band Loose Lips and the quartet Well Knit Frames. A demo attracted Keith Hopwood of Pluto Music, leading to an EMI contract and the release of her debut album Blue Slipper in 1987, produced by Glyn Johns and featuring musicians such as Bill Payne and Steve Lukather. In 1989 she released The Weather Inside, again with Johns, and toured with Joe Cocker and Black. Watson signed with RCA for the 1992 album Companion Gal, recorded at Rockfield Studios and featuring Andy Fairweather‑Low. After leaving major labels, she worked with Christine Collister and Barb Jungr, and formed the all‑female group Daphne's Flight, releasing a self‑titled album Daphne's Flight in 1995. Subsequent releases—Notes on Desire (1995), Somersault (1997), Doffing (1999), Lifesize (2002), and Headrest (2008)—were largely acoustic folk projects that maintained a steady UK touring presence.
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  2.   Pt. 2. The Terror: Burn down their houses by Helen Watson
  3.   J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 - No. 15, Et in unum Dominum featuring Elly Ameling
  4.   Pt. 2. The Narrator: Men were ashamed by Helen Watson
  5.   J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 - No. 10, Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris featuring Helen Watson
  6.   Pt. 2. The Boy Sings In His Prison: My dreams are all shattered by Helen Watson
  7.   Pt. 2. A Spiritual Of Anger: Go down, moses by Helen Watson
  8.   Pt. 2. The Mother: What have I done to you, my son? by Helen Watson
  9.   Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E Flat Major, D.950 - 6b. Dona nobis pacem featuring Helen Watson
  10.   Pt. 2. A Spritual: O, by and by by Helen Watson
  11.   Pt. 2. The dark forces rise like a flood by Helen Watson
  12.   Pt. 3. The cold deepens by Helen Watson
  13.   J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 - No. 26, Agnus Dei featuring Helen Watson
  14.   J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: 2. Kyrie - Christe eleison featuring Helen Watson
  15.   Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act 3: "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"...Ride Of The Valkyries featuring Helen Watson
  16.   R. Strauss: Elektra, Op.58, TrV 223 - "Es muss etwas geschehen sein" featuring Helen Watson
  17.   Pt. 3. The soul of man by Helen Watson
  18.   Handel: Sosarme, HWV 30 / Act 3 - Recit: Ah Padre! eccoti al piede un figlio supplicante featuring Helen Watson
  19.   Pt. 3. Scena: The words of wisdom are these by Helen Watson
  20.   Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E Flat Major, D.950 - 5. Benedictus featuring Helen Watson
  21.   Pt. 3. General Ensemble: I would know my shadow and my light by Helen Watson
  22.   Missa in Angustiis "Nelson Mass", Hob. XXII.11 in D Minor: Angus Dei - Angus dei qui tollis by Helen Watson
  23.   Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": V. In Tempo des Scherzos wild herausfahrend featuring Helen Watson
  24.   Pt. 3. Perludium by Helen Watson
  25.   Pt. 3. A Spiritual: Deep river by Helen Watson
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