Edge of a Dream is the twenty-second album by Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 folk musician Bert Jansch

Bert Jansch

Herbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...

, released in 2002.

The title track is given a rock treatment, and two tracks are baroque instrumentals. The remaining songs are roughly equally divided between bluesy numbers and folky ones. The album features Bernard Butler

Bernard Butler

Bernard Joseph Butler is an English musician and record producer. He first emerged in the early Britpop era with Suede. He has been hailed by some critics as the greatest guitarist of his generation, as well as one of Britain's most original and influential guitarists...

 (of Suede

Suede (band)

Suede are an English alternative rock band from London, formed in 1989. The group's most prominent early line-up featured singer Brett Anderson, guitarist Bernard Butler, bass player Mat Osman and drummer Simon Gilbert. By 1992, Suede were hailed as "The Best New Band in Britain", and attracted...

) on electric guitar, and Adam Jansch (Bert's son). "Gypsy Dave" is not the well-known folksong, but an instrumental duo with Dave Swarbrick

Dave Swarbrick

Dave Swarbrick is an English folk musician and singer-songwriter. He has been described by Ashley Hutchings as 'the most influential [British] fiddle player bar none' and his style has been copied or developed by almost every British, and many World folk violin players that have followed him...

, dedicated to him. Hope Sandoval

Hope Sandoval

Hope Sandoval is an American singer-songwriter who is the lead singer for Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions....

 (of Mazzy Star

Mazzy Star

Mazzy Star is an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Monica, California, in 1989 from the group Opal, a collaboration of guitarist David Roback and bassist Kendra Smith...

) sings the lead on "All This Remains", and Loren Jansch takes the lead on "The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood". "Bright Sunny Morning" is a solemn description of the fall of the World Trade Center

World Trade Center

The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...

.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated

1. "On the Edge of a Dream" - 2:35
2. "All This Remains" (Jansch, Sandoval
   Hope Sandoval
   Hope Sandoval is an American singer-songwriter who is the lead singer for Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions....
   
   ) - 4:43
3. "What is On Your Mind" - 3:26
4. "Sweet Death" - 3:52
5. "I Cannot Keep From Crying" (traditional) - 4:06
6. "La Luna" (Hodge) - 3:15
7. "Gypsy Dave" - 2:43
8. "Walking This Road" - 3:16
9. "The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood" (Fariña
   Richard Fariña
   Richard George Fariña was an American writer and folksinger.-Early years and education:Richard Fariña was born in Brooklyn, New York, of Cuban and Irish descent. He grew up in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn and attended Brooklyn Technical High School...
   
   , traditional) - 5:31
10. "Black Cat Blues" - 3:07
11. "Bright Sunny Morning" - 4:08

Personnel

• Bert Jansch – vocal, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar
• Bernard Butler
  Bernard Butler
  Bernard Joseph Butler is an English musician and record producer. He first emerged in the early Britpop era with Suede. He has been hailed by some critics as the greatest guitarist of his generation, as well as one of Britain's most original and influential guitarists...
  
   – electric guitar on 1 and 5, keyboards on 8
• Adam Jansch – bass guitar on 1 and 9
• Makoto Sakamoto – drums on 1 and 3
• Hope Sandoval
  Hope Sandoval
  Hope Sandoval is an American singer-songwriter who is the lead singer for Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions....
  
   – vocals on 2
• Colm Ó Cíosóig – drums on 2
• Dave Swarbrick
  Dave Swarbrick
  Dave Swarbrick is an English folk musician and singer-songwriter. He has been described by Ashley Hutchings as 'the most influential [British] fiddle player bar none' and his style has been copied or developed by almost every British, and many World folk violin players that have followed him...
  
   – violin on 4 and 7
• Johnny "Guitar" Hodge – Spanish guitar on 5
• Loren Jansch – vocals on 9
• Paul Wassif
  Paul Wassif
  - Career : Paul Wassif’s early career included a brief spell Punk/Rock band The London Cowboys. This was followed by various stints in New York bands including the The Ugly Americans with ex New York Dolls members, Jerry Nolan and Sylvain Sylvain...
  
   – slide guitar on 10
• Ralph McTell
  Ralph McTell
  Ralph McTell is an English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s....
  
  – harmonica on 11

External links

• http://www.bertjansch.com/edgeofa.html