Sleep, Jesus, Sleep (Spy, Isuse, Spy) [DIGITAL ONLY]

The original plan was to collaborate with gospel choir Soul Sanctuary on a Polish Christmas lullaby-style carol arrangement but when I came across this gorgeous Ukrainian lullaby-style carol ‘Sleep, Jesus, Sleep’ (Spy, Isuse, Spy) it instantly became clear that we needed to turn the project into a fundraising one.

I was delighted when Ukrainian soprano Inna Husieva agreed to take part in the recording also but it has been troubling me enormously that since Putin announced his ’Special Operation’ in the Ukraine, the many thousands of Afghans we/UK airlifted out of Kabul in August ’21 have been forgotten and are still struggling to find their feet/life/accommodation in the UK, some still living whole families to one room. 

So I invited Afghan tabla player Sulaiman Haqpana to play on the track as well.

– Roxanna Panufnik