Vashti Bunyan

In 1968 Vashti Bunyan set off from London to the Isle of Skye by the rather quaint means of a horse and cart, a journey that has since taken on almost semi-mythical status.

Imagery of threads and trails recurred in her lyrics, sung in a whispery high voice and set to gossamer-light melodies

It must feel a million miles from the late 1960s, when she and her boyfriend set off by horse-and-cart to roam the country under open skies.

Having released her debut album 'Just Another Diamond Day' in 1970 she quickly disappeared disheartened at the lack of support she received for standing alone in a changing musical climate.

There is something of the chorister about Vashti Bunyan’s voice – pure sweet and almost prelapsarian.

Bunyan’s debut album, the psych-folk touchstone Just Another Diamond Day, was released in 1970 to warm reviews but thoroughly disappointing sales.

When she released her debut album Just Another Diamond Day in 1970 the critical indifference and hostility that greeted it so dismayed her that she promptly removed herself from the music world for the next 35 years.