Serenade, by Tony and Diane

Serenade

by Tony and Diane

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1.	But I Do 02:41	buy track
2.	Case of You 00:38	buy track
3.	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 00:33	buy track
4.	Grande Affaire 00:57	buy track
5.	Landslide 02:15	buy track
6.	These Dreams 00:30	buy track
7.	You Don't Know Me 02:01	buy track
8.	Shallow 03:31	buy track
9.	These Foolish Things 01:24	buy track
10.	When You Come to the End of a Lollipop 02:10	buy track
11.	Tonight 02:48	buy track
12.	Walk On By 01:36	buy track
13.	No Regrets 03:30	buy track
14.	Merry Christmas 00:07	buy track
15.	River 01:31	buy track
16.	Auld Lang Syne 00:45	buy track

about

Diane Grant, née Cunningham, met Anthony Grant in Bootle's Orrell Park Ballroom 1967 when they were 16 years old. At the time Diane worked at the Hygena kitchen factory in Kirkby; Tony working as a waiter and in the mess halls of cruiseliners such as the QE2. Their courtship flourished and they eventually wed in 1971 at St Martin's Church, Kirkby. Together they produced four children and seven grandchildren.

After raising her kids at home, domestic roles were reversed when Diane decided to attend night school to take her GCSEs. This was followed by a BTEC at Kirkby Community College, a bachelor's degree, masters degree and finally a PhD at Liverpool John Moores University - where Diane secured employment as a lecturer in Applied Community Studies. The culmination of Diane's academic career was a readership and funded research into child poverty and gender discrimination in the workplace.

Diane's academic career afforded the couple a new family home near the beach in Hoylake, where they spent endless summers days with the kids when they were young - beautifying the loft space to what they called 'the sunset lounge' where they would watch the sun go down, drinking wine and serenading each other.

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In the early hours of Tuesday 27th August 2019, after a weekend spent with family over the bank holiday, Diane suffered a massive stroke while she slept. Because the stroke went undetected for most of the night, it caused severe brain damage, leaving Diane with acute aphasia and paralysis on one side of her body.

After a time at Arrowe Park's Acute Stroke Unit and months at Clatterbridge Rehabilitation Unit, Diane was finally allowed home in time for Christmas.

Despite not being able to communicate with speech, Diane can still sing, a mercy which has formed a crucial part of her home rehabilitation. The couple's longstanding tradition of recording snippets of duets for the family WhatsApp group thankfully continues to this day.

These recordings serve as a family archive for future generations, a testament to the healing power of music and a celebration of Diane and Tony's unending devotion to one another.

Please consider making a donation to the Stroke Fund at Wirral University Teaching Hospital. The money they raise goes towards funding new equipment to aid rehabilitation, and improving the environment for families of patients at the end of their life.

www.wuthcharity.org/stroke-fund

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released January 13, 2023

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Emotion Wave Liverpool, UK

Emotion Wave is a Liverpool-based platform for experimental electronic artists. We do releases, events, radio and some daft stuff.

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discography

Swapping Bodies

Oct 2023
Non Viable Dreams: a tribute to Smooth Chill Radio

Mar 2023
Serenade

Jan 2023
Conscious Drift

Dec 2021
Cracking Up

Jan 2021
A Different Boy

Jul 2020
The Same Boy

Sep 2019
REFORMAT

Aug 2019
Mates

Dec 2018
PROPAGATE

Apr 2018
Daffodils

Dec 2017
BLANKETS

Dec 2016

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