The Making is an extremely well-produced album, the result of collaboration between Lavinia Blackwall and her partner, Marco Rea, with help from Thomas McKay. The orchestration throughout provides a complex but complementary backdrop to Blackwall’s exquisite soprano. There are Baroque overtones but also a variety of other influences, including traditional English folk and music hall ditties. What draws these varying styles together is the lyrics. They address different issues – some personal, others universal – but clearly come from the same source. Just as “Sergeant Pepper’s” reflects different musical styles woven together by collective effort, “The Making” weaves disparate musical threads together on the loom of Blackwall’s words. The juxtaposition of differing…

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