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I can’t write a decent tune to save my life. I can sing, and I can arrange, but I can’t compose - it’s simply not something I have in my toolbox. Which is a shame, since some of my best poetry would (IMO) be enhanced with a musical setting. (more…)
Last week I mentioned that I’m working on a project for Neos Alexandria; now that it’s in a shape to be publicly seen, I’d like to ask for your kind assistance.
The project is the compilation of a list of devotional music for the Greco-Egyptian gods. The beta version of the page is here:
http://home.carolina.rr.com/dawnpiper/NA/mus_intro.htm
As you can [...]
…for the next few days. I’m working on a special project for Neos Alexandria - a web page devoted to music relating to the Hellenic and Egyptian Gods and myths. If you have any suggestions, please let me know either here or through the contact page!
As we descend into winter, my thoughts always turn to the Green Man; and as I get a lot of comfort and joy from my music, I thought I’d share some of the songs that I’ve found that relate to him. (more…)
In one of my first posts I mentioned that Heathenry would have been a logical path for me to take, from an ancestral perspective; my Mom’s side of the family is largely Palatine German (and British), and that’s the part of the family that I grew up with. (more…)
Woven Wheat Whispers is the label that brought out the much-talked-about John Barleycorn Reborn multi-disc compilation back at Lammas (and the much less noticed, but IMO actually superior, “companion” volume, All Souls Arise); they are an outstanding label (if that’s the term) that is doing much to promote a new generation of folk music that [...]
[Note: this is a lightly edited repost from my old LJ. I am hoping to make this an occasional series here, as warranted.]
Good Winter Solstice music is hard to find. In general I do not include filked Christmas carols in the “good” category, although there are a couple of exceptions (and completely new pagan words [...]
Every year for the past five years or so, our UU church has had a Winter Solstice service and the choir has always sung John Schrag’s “Kore Evohe”, a wonderful piece of pagan choral music (a portion of the score can be seen beginning on page 19 of this PDF).
Until this year, we have been [...]
A middle-aged man driving to his corporate IT job while listening to MP3 rips of his old New Model Army albums.
And writing about it on his blog. (more…)
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