This is the fifth single release from Mark Davenport's album "Joyful Sighs & Soulful Hymns. The "Single" version has been remixed and mastered and fuses the two album track versions. In addition to Mark's vocal and piano work, the single features guitarist David Snider, Pedal Steeler Daniel Jones, drummer Christian Teele, and viola da gambist Wendy Gillespie. Following the concept of the other songs on Davenport's CD, which draw on Renaissance models, "When the Heart is Broken" is based on a 16th-century madrigal by Jacques Arcadelt. When The Heart Is Broken - Single ©2015 Words & Music by Mark Davenport (ASCAP) On a madrigal by Jacques Arcadelt (ca. 1504 – ca. 1567) Ahimé, Ahimé, dov e’l bel viso Where is the sweet face Where love once made her nest And where lay all my hopes? Where is the beautiful face That held the whole world With such grace? Who’s hiding it from me? Oh luck, oh fortune Oh greedy death Blind, pitiless And stone cold deaf Where are the tears, when the well is empty? Where is the comfort, when the bed is cold? Where is the hope, when the mind is weary? Where is the love, when the heart is broken? Oh where, is my treasure now And who has stolen my heart? Where is it hiding? Where is she Who no more answers me? Oh luck, oh fortune Oh greedy death Blind, merciless And stone cold deaf Where are the tears, when the well is empty? Where is the comfort, when the bed is cold? Where is the time, when its echoes are endless? Where is the light, when there’s only darkness? Where is the hope, when the mind is weary? Where is the love, when the heart is broken? ==== Musicians: Mark Davenport – vocals, piano David Snider – acoustic nylon and steel string guitars, dobro, electric bass Daniel Jones – pedal steel guitar Christian Teele – drums/percussion Wendy Gillespie – tenor and bass viola da gamba Recording Info: Vocals, keyboards and pedal steel guitar recorded at Landmark Sound in Louisville, CO by Mark Davenport. Acoustic guitars, electric bass and dobro recorded at Snider Sound Studio, Paonia, CO by David Snider. Viola da gambas recorded at Farm Fresh Studios, Bloomington, IN, by Jake Belser. Drums/ percussion recorded at Far and Away Studios, Boulder, CO by Geoff Gray. Produced and mixed by Mark Davenport/Landmark Sound, Louisville, CO. Mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering in Boulder, CO. Cover Collage Image © 2015 by Mark Davenport: “Poppies of Cortona” with “Head of a Woman” by Leonardo da Vinci.