Sally Oldfield began singing and writing songs very suddenly at the age of 20 when she was studying English Literature and Philosophy at University. She had always loved solitude, poetry and wandering in Nature from early childhood, but a sudden and powerful mystical revelation that she experienced in February 1968 changed her life forever.
As well as a profound sense of wonder at the sacredness and inter-connectedness of all things, it opened up an inner world of strange mythologies and mystical landscapes which initially she found hard to integrate into any existing framework. She experimented with her first foray into music, the album "Children of the Sun", released under the name "The Sallyangie" -with the help of her gifted brother Mike,then 15 years old, and then spent several years searching for a musical style that could accomodate her artistic vision. She eventually found this with the compostion of her debut album "Water-Bearer" with its continuous musical structure and mystical themes.
There soon followed a world-wide hit single -"Mirrors" in 1978 -with its exotic Hawaiian vocals and then 12 more albums many of which she continued to arrange/play and produce herself.
Tiger
Heart Of A Flaming Star
Mirrors 2000
Mirrors - Ambient
Mandalia - Cologne
Mystic Drum - Private Collection
Flaming Star - Private Collection
I Hear The Street Songs
Invocation
Samurai Of The Sun
One Being
Bird Of Paradise - Original Master
Colours Of The World
Prelude
Ascension
One To The Power of One
Mandala - Chillout
AVAILABLE AS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ONLY FROM ITUNES & AMAZON 7th SEPTEMBER 2009
The album "CANTADORA" is a new compilation of Sally's favourite tracks, recorded in her home studio over the years without any record company involvement.
The word "CANTADORA" is from ancient Spanish folklore, meaning "one who hands down myths and stories by word of mouth" or more literally
- "STORYTELLER".
Together they form a collection of songs that represent her authentic artisitic vision - one brush - one canvas - one soul-
Sally Oldfield albums available from iTunes, click on album covers to buy.
DISCOGRAPHY
1. Children of the Sun (The Sallyangie) - 1968
2. Water Bearer - 1978
3. Easy - 1979
4. Celebration - 1980
5. Playing in the Flame - 1982
6. Strange day in Berlin - 1993
7. Femme - 1987
8. Instincta - 1988
9. Natasha - 1990
10. The Flame - 1992
11. Three Rings - 1994
12. Secret Songs - 1996
13. Flaming Star - 2001
14. Cantadora - 2009
HIT SINGLES
Mirrors - 1978
You Set My Gypsy Blood Free - 1979
Sun in My Eyes - 1980
Mandala - 1980
Siver Dagger - 1987
Digging for Gold - 1994
Summer of Love - 1994
May this Valentines day find you surrounded by those who care “Just Lovin’ You” song by Nikki Hornsby – she gives 1$ per download of any of her song to HAITI
Project Help Haiti CJP-NHRecords distributor is offering $1 for each CD sold /downloaded BEFORE FEB. 7, 2010 from http://www.cdbaby.com/all/nikki The money will be sent to Red Cross to aide in support of relief. Please order your copy today! Nikki Hornsby has four cds available there.
The best that it can only Health, happiness, satisfaction And is that - for all eternity Merry Christmas and good luck into the new year 2010 with your music
Great to see some Sally O movement online after so long a silence.
I hope this means she is (or is it "...you are"? Is this a personal page, or a tribute page?) back with us and will soon be producing some *new* music - we need a proper follow-up to 'Secret Songs'.
(BTW - I have all the official albums, and the Uncut Private Collection mini-CD, is there anything new on 'Cantadora'?)
