curator. In June 2020 Anderson composed the music and was the featured vocalist and narrator for the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Harlem Renaissance author Jean Toomer's Cane, Drama of the Week in the BBC Sounds Electric Decade series. Work in Progress In March 2020, Arts Council England awarded Anderson a grant to develop her second theatre piece, Melior, in partnership with Hall for Cornwall, Falmouth University and its Academy of Music and Theatre Arts (AMATA). Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the music from this ocean-themed time-travel fantasy will be released online in anticipation of its live premiere and subsequent tour. Melior introduces Anderson’s new music performance style, “Opus Griot”, a blend of storytelling, singing, poetry, visual art and music ensemble accompaniment. It features the new gesture-controlled digital instrument developed by Imogen Heap, MI.MU Gloves. Discography With Young Disciples Road to Freedom (Talkin' Loud, 1991) Solo recordings Dusky Sappho EP (Circa/Virgin, 1994) No. 38 (this EP was classed as a mini-album as it had too many tracks on it to chart as a single) True Spirit (Circa/Virgin, 1994) UK No. 12 True Spirit - Remixes (Circa/Virgin, 1995) Blessed Burden (Circa/Virgin, 1998) UK No. 51 Alberta's Granddaughter (Dusky Sappho Music, 2002) Grace and Favours (live performance DVD/CD, 2004) Up To Now: The Best Of (Virgin, 2004) Soul Providence (Dome, 2005) Cage Street Memorial - The Pilgrimage (Freestyle, 2016) Solo singles "Nervous Breakdown" (1994) UK No. 27 "Mama Said" (1994) UK No. 26 "True Spirit" (1994) UK No. 24 "Let It Last" (1995) UK No. 16 "Maybe I'm Amazed" (1998) UK No. 24 "Woman in Me" (1998) UK No. 74 "Don't Look Back in Anger" (2002) Under the alias Mardou Fox Subterraneans feat. Mardou Fox "Taurus Woman" (1993) Numbers "Ballad of Mardou Fox", "Traffic", "Mardous Lament", "Jack Summerset" (2001) Collaborations Duet with Omar "Who Chooses the Seasons" (1992) Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 "Sights in the City" (1993) Incognito "Trouble Don't Always Last" (1994) (with Ramsey Lewis) Duet with Lewis Taylor "18 With a Bullet" (1998) Red, Hot + Cool Documentary (1998) The Brand New Heavies "Saturday Nite", "Apparently Nothing", "Try My Love", "Swinging Big Tom" The London Community Gospel Choir "Whenever You Call" (2001) Agent K. "Ride Away Getaway" (2002) Andy Hamill "Falling" (2003) (with Tony Woods) Full Flava's album Colour of My Soul, Carlen performs lead vocals on "Stories" and "You Are (My Destiny)" (2003) The London Community Gospel Choir "I Surrender