Dianne Joy’s arrangements and performances of songs written by other artists are drawn from many genres, eras and musical styles.

DJ's Original Songs

I’m joined by my friend, Jude, in a duet of “Ripple” by the Grateful Dead, originally released on their 1970 album, “American Beauty.” The recurring line, “ripple in still water” draws on a Zen phrase about an occurrence with no explanation. Throughout the song, the lyrics reflect the seeming contradictions around us. Robert Hunter said the favourite line he wrote ever, is "There is a fountain that was not made by the hands of man." Gerry Garcia was inspired to compose the music when he saw a far-off sunrise while travelling in Canada on the Festival Express train in 1970.

Roy Orbison’s songs don't follow the standard structure of radio pop songs: verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-verse-chorus. Roy said this was because he never learned how to write songs. “Being blessed with not knowing what was wrong or what was right, I went my own way. … So the structure sometimes has the chorus at the end of the song, and sometimes there is no chorus ... it sounds natural and in sequence to me.” An impressive example of this is his song, “In Dreams,” which builds to a crescendo with every section a different structure.

“I’ll Be Seeing You” was written in 1938 by Irving Kahal, with music by Sammy Fain. It was a major hit for Bing Crosby, as well as Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra. In the 1950s, it was the theme for Liberace’s TV show. The soundtrack to the “The Notebook” has two iconic versions of the song - opening with Billie Holliday and the Jimmy Durante rendition at the end.