Ep 5 Libby and John’s charity EP!

Living with Ovarian Cancer’ is a Podcast full of inspiring stories told by Women or their loved ones, who themselves have lived with, or are still living with Ovarian Cancer.

Each Woman’s story is a gift; unique and is told from the heart in their own words. I am your host, Diane Evans-Wood.

In this episode I am honoured to welcome back Libby Holden with her Husband John. If you listened to episode 1 you will have heard that Libby mentioned a charity song that she and her Husband planned to launch in March, which is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in the UK. That song has now become an amazing Album and they hope to raise funds for Professor Charlie Gourley’s research into Low grade Ovarian Cancer. In this episode Libby and John tell me all about the songs, the musicians involved and who they are raising money for.

Since recording this episode, Libby wrote to tell me that the EP has grown somewhat. It is now a 9 track, 46 minute Album. Musician artistes have generously donated tracks of their own to help raise money for this charitable cause.

The EP is available from: https://johnholden.bandcamp.com

If you download the EP on the first Friday of the month Bandcamp do not take any fees so 100% of the funds go to the charitable cause.

The video can be seen here: https://youtu.be/29oymlgjb_4

The song, Circles, has music by John Holden and lyrics by Elizabeth Holden. Vocalist: Sally Minnear, Keyboards: Vikram Shankar, Guitars: John Holden,
Bass: Robin Armstrong and Drums: Henry Rogers

The song, Northern Lights, features: Vocalists: Mark Atkinson, Anneke Van Giersbergen, Peter Jones, Sally Minnear and That Joe Payne. Guitar: Michel St Pere, Bass: Jon Camp, Keyboards: Vikram Shankar and Oliver Wakeman and Drums: Gavin Harrison

The video features twelve women with low grade ovarian cancer, some who are sadly no longer with us, from the UK, Australia, Canada, India and the USA.

Cure Our Ovarian Cancer Charitable Trust can be found here: https://cureourovariancancer.org. If you click on the news tab, you will see an article about Libby and John’s charity EP. Gratitude to Jane Ludeman for founding this charity which is the only one dedicated to Low Grade Ovarian Cancer.

More about the work of Professor Charlie Gourley in Edinburgh can be found here: https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/charlie-gourley

Professor Gourley is currently working on this project which is supported by Target Ovarian Cancer https://targetovariancancer.org.uk/news/searching-new-treatments-low-grade-serous-ovarian-cancer