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Some multi-cultural songs
The latest concert of the excellent Willoughby Symphony Choir featured a collection of popular and folk songs, rather than their usual classical performances. I was struck by the mixture of cultural influences in many of the songs, and have collected a … Continue reading
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Tagged Anais Mitchell, Bach, Christy Moore, Kate Rusby, Sheila Chandra, Willoughby Symphony Choir
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Two songs = 2/3 Wikipedia
It is said that a picture is worth a 1000 words. On the same basis, a poem is worth 1000 pictures, and a song is worth 1000 poems. So two songs are worth 2 billion words, which is about 2/3 … Continue reading
More on building bridges, not walls
In June last year I posted a link to a Jeremy Corbyn speech on the topic of building bridges, not walls. Here are a couple of (more poetic) links on the same topic. The first is from Anaïs Mitchell. This … Continue reading
Two forks in the Celtic path
Re-visiting the Steeleye Span version of Tam Lin lead me to two very different musical groups that I had not heard of before: Anaïs Mitchell is an American singer-songwriter and musician, here performing another version of Tam Lin with Jefferson Hamer: … Continue reading
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Tagged Anais Mitchell, Celtic Music, Jefferson Hamer, Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club, Tam Lin
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