Donovan (Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 10 May 1946, in Maryhill, Glasgow), is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music.
"For Little Ones" is almost wholly an acoustic-guitar work, with only a few touches of brushing percussion, flute, and harmonica. Donovan frames his long-ago fairy tales with an appropriately faraway yen to his voice, and the songwriting is influenced more by Lewis Carroll and Childe ballads than Bob Dylan. There's a pronounced air of sadness to many of these songs, so small children may grow uneasy by "The Enchanted Gypsy" or "Widow With Shawl (A Portrait)." Donovan's childlike sense of humor also comes through, however, including the irresistible closer "Starfish-On-The-Toast."(John Bush, All Music Guide)
01 - Song Of The Naturalist's Wife
02 - The Enchanted Gypsy
03 - Voyage Into The Golden Screen
04 - Isle Of Islay
05 - The Mandolin Man And His Secret
06 - Lay Of The Last Tinker
07 - The Tinker And The Crab
08 - Window With A Shawl (A Portrait)
09 - The Lullaby Of Spring
10 - The Magpie
11 - Starfish-On-The-Toast
12 - Epistle To Derroll
LINK |
