AstrophysicistDr Brian May, known mostly as the guitarist and songwriter with the rock band Queen, asked Linda to perform her new piece The New Woodland Song, with choirs from Bere Regis village,  for the official tree planting event at his wood in Dorset, UK.

After hearing about the Starmus Festival of science and arts from Brian, Linda attended the event in Tenerife and was inspired to write Rainbow of Light.

Linda also wrote The Badger & The Wren and Walking In May’s Wood  to support Brian’s charity, along with her photography and writing work.

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   London based International  soprano Katerina Mina met Linda at the STARMUS festival in Tenerife.

Katerina recorded Linda’s song, Rainbow Of Light, which was inspired by speakers, including Dr Brian May, Stephen Hawking and ~Richard Dawkins at the International astronomy and music event.

ROL became an official song for UNESCO’s International Year Of Light around the the world. A classical-crossover version followed Rainbow of Light and was performed by Katerina at UNESCO in Paris, along with Look to the Universe,  for the inaugural   International Day of Light celebrations.

An EP by Katerina of Linda’s works was released in 2018 and a singles from the album Look to the Universe were  released in 2019 and 2020.

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Lynton Guest, writer, producer and keyboard player with the 60’s band “The Love Affair” has helped produce five of Linda’s songs recorded at Active Music, Poole, UK.Dorset musicians Pip Evans, Callum Gibson, David George and Anuska Gilbert also featured on some of these recordings.

Producer and musician Nigel Stonier, who produced Linda’s song “Fly The Kite For The City” for the Manchester Olympic Bid, is currently working on some of Linda’s new pieces, which are being recorded by Katerina Mina in Manchester.

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North West (UK) musicians gathered together to form The Lionheart’s to record Linda’s CD “I Will” at The Shed studios in Stockport which raised £3,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association and St Anne’s Hospice.

The Lionhearts were Dave Shannon on guitar (BBC producer for the Bob Harris show), Chris Perry on fiddle, Steve Read on double bass, Arthur Roberts  on mandolin, Ian Woolley on dobro and Patrick O’Conner on washboard.

Multi instrumentalist Kayne Burgon was just 16 years old when he recorded the banjo, guitar, double bass and mandolin parts for “Don’t Say A Word” and “With A Mother’s Eyes”.

An experienced double bass player, Pip has worked with Linda on a number of songs including “Rainbow of Light”.

Callum is a very proficient guitarist based in Dorset, who has featured on some of Linda’s songs, including Rainbow Of Light, Faint Hearted Woman, The Bells Of Bere Regis  and The New Woodland Song.