How to Be Held: songs of self-soothing by Rhiannon Armstrong

This collection of new music responds to anonymous contributors who have offered lyrics, a riff, or a musical hook that they use to help themselves through tough times.

In response to these personal starting points, to repetition and looping, and to ideas around self-soothing and lullabies, tracks were created by Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, Cutter/Nash, dmf (Sop), Katy Rose Bennett, and Rhiannon Armstrong. You can find out more about these individual artists in the information on each track.

Created as part of a commission for Wellcome Collection in 2020, 'How to Hold, Behold, and Be Held'. For more information go to: www.rhiannonarmstrong/net/projects/howtohold

Contains tracks

• "the line "everything's gonna be alright" over and over" reinterpreted by Katy Rose Bennett by Rhiannon Armstrong
• "the theme song from Buffy the Vampire Slayer" reinterpreted by Cutter//Nash by Rhiannon Armstrong
• "the riff from Van Halen's Ain't Talkin Bout Love" reinterpreted by Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian by Rhiannon Armstrong
• "the first 15 secs of Supercut by Lorde" reinterpreted by Rhiannon Armstrong by Rhiannon Armstrong
• "something inside you wanna say, say it out loud it'll be ok" from Beta Band reinterpreted by dmf by Rhiannon Armstrong