Judee Sill - Crayon Angels

Judee Sill - Crayon Angels

Genre: Folk
Released in: 2009
Composed by: Ron Sexsmith

"In the midb1970s, she worked for a time as a cartoonist with a Los Angeles animation studio. Her 1974 recordings were never finished. Twenty six years after Judge Sill's 1979 death, the unfinished songs were mixed and released, along with a collection of rarities and home demos, as the album Dreams Come True on the Water label."

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