Kizzy is listening back through old recordings of her mother, Silva talking about the mystery of a missing folk singer, Molly Marrison who disappeared on the cusp of fame in the late 60s.  As the mystery deepens an older story, that of the runaway lovers from Derbyshire folklore, becomes entwined in the investigation.  The Keeper of Songs is adapted from the new novel by Fiona Mountain and features music by Bella Hardy. 

 In The Keeper of Songs by Fiona Mountain you heard 

Amy Forrest as Silva

Keeley Lane as Kizzy

Chris Gregory as Jeff   

Nicholas John as the news reader 

and Elsa Lamb, Susan John, and Elliot John as the voices in the news montage.

The music is by Bella Hardy

The presenter is  Sally Walker-Taylor

 This audio drama was written by Fiona Mountain based on her new novel of the same name.  You can purchase The Keeper of Songs, the book from Amazon and all the usual sources including selected local bookshops.  

You can find out more about Fiona Mountain by visiting her website at https://www.fionamountain.com/

You can also follow Fiona on social media where she posts as on twitter and as https://twitter.com/FionaMountain on twitter and as https://www.instagram.com/fionamountainwriter/ on Instagram.  

Order the Keeper of Songs from Amazon here https://tinyurl.com/39666j28

 The Keeper of songs was produced by Nicholas John.  Audio editing, mixing and mastering were by David Pickering Pick at ffg media  www.ffgmedia.co.uk

The news clips montage was produced by Leopard Belly  https://tinyurl.com/ymjh77sm

Follow Nicholas John on twitter here https://twitter.com/WordSong_

And David Pickering-Pick (FFG) here https://twitter.com/ffgaudio

 The song you heard in this production was “Henry and Clara” by Bella Hardy which is taken from her album “The Dark Peak and the White”.   Find out more about Bella and buy her music by visiting her website https://www.bellahardy.com/

And follow her on twitter https://twitter.com/bellahardy

 If you follow Alternative Stories on twitter where we post as https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt look out for our upcoming  competitions in which we’ll be giving away prizes from Fiona and from Bella Hardy.

 You may also be interested in listening to our recent podcast in which we interviewed Fiona and heard some passages from her previous novels.   You can find it here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/8482676 

 Coming up on Alternative Stories and Fake Realities we’ll have science fiction drama from Emily Inkpen, poetry from Gregory Leadbetter and a special edition in which we interview poet and novelist Salena Godden and hear dramatized excerpts from her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death.  Please subscribe by searching for alternative stories in your favourite podcast app to have all new editions delivered directly to you on their day of release and to have access to our full archive of audio drama poetry and fiction podcasts