Wheal Alice

Tears of Morning

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 17:45:15 GMT

Introduction to and extracts from an album with songs, tunes, and settings mostly associated with Shropshire. The album can be heard in full at https://davidaharley.bandcamp.com/album/tears-of-morning-2

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A Solstice Garland

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:53:34 GMT

Four songs and some verse.

* 'The Holly' (traditional) sung by Atlantic Union. My review of Atlantic Union's CD "Indulgence" is here.

* 'The Fatal Glass of Beer' by Charlie Case, d. 1916.

* 'On Bredon Hill' by A.E. Housman (d. 1936), set to music by David Harley.

* 'Carpentry' by David Harley.

* The poems 'Warm-up', 'Charade', 'Performance Poem' and 'Twelfth Night' can be found with other shaggy doggerel here.

* I Heard a Bird Sing' is by Oliver Herford (1860-1935). My review for Folking.com of the Solstice album by Hanz Araki and Kathryn Claire is here.

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Thomas Anderson

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:23:30 GMT

The connections between a medieval guild, a park in Shrewsbury, and a belated casualty of the Jacobite Rebellion. And how Ron Nurse's article for a folk club magazine inspired a song. There's more background information at https://whealalice.com/collaborations/thomas-anderson/

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Indulgence

Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:37:23 GMT

Review of a CD by the Canadian folk(-ish) band Atlantic Union.

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