Heidi Talbot, Dirk Powel and Mark

[Robson]

https://presave.to/mHEIDITDB1

Heidi Talbot':

"Empty Promise Land is a duet with Dirk Powell, written by him many years ago and featuring Mark Knopfler whose guitar sings like a dobro. It dramatises the end of a relationship, male and female voices reaching a shared place of resignation: "This woman whose life is boiling underneath her skin/This lonely man who's longing for his dreams again".

[border_reiver]

Sounds very promising!

Powell is such a great musician.

[MagicElliott]

I saw Dirk playing with Joan Baez a couple of years ago.

I thought he was fantastic, although I didn’t really enjoy Joan.

[2manyguitars]

Sounds great. I remember seeing Heidi and John years ago before they really made it big in a theatre in Basingstoke UK. She has a beautiful voice, one of my favourite live female singers, although ironically imho this doesn't come across as well in her recorded material.

Looking forward to hearing it...

[Robson]

Two songs from "Angels Without Wings" (2013) album with MK are very nice.

[Robson]

The album will be released on March 11th.

[2manyguitars]

Nice enough song, lyrically some interesting moments. The melody is pretty generic, what I was expecting really, and Marks contribution is negligible, just acting as a strummer really. Could have done with a little distorted LP or Pensa Swells in there to really bring it to life. Its pleasant but nothing more....

[Pasc']

[hunter]

Why use Mark for that, I wonder.

[Robson]

Thank you baloney:)

Pretty. It's a pity Mark didn't sing.

[superval99]

This song did nothing for me at all.   I couldn't hear MK's guitar and I don't like Heidi Talbot's voice on this song.

[qjamesfloyd]

The song is ok, nothing more, I like Heidi's voice but Dirk sounds like any other singer, as for Mark, well if it wasn't stated he was playing on it, I would not have have guessed it

[Pierre]

The guitar-playing is clearly Mark's and he's not actually strumming but rather fingerpicking. I'm not an expert but it sounds like his National or some resonator guitar on an open tuning.
That said the song is average, a waste of a good opportunity.
The strumming part might be Dirk's.

[LK]

I am a bit shocked with the comments regarding this song. I find it so beautiful! I must be biased as I do enjoy Dirk Powell however I find Heidi’s voice beautiful to listen to!  Musically I adore it! Mark is in there somewhere so let’s be happy!  For those who enjoyed Mark’s British Grove Broadcast - This would have been something he would have added to the playlist. Very chilled and I adore it! 

[regmka]

Looks like there is a couple more songs with Mark, according to Qobuz: https://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/sing-it-for-a-lifetime-heidi-talbot/pftm3th96ejub