August: Shadows and Light…
Fascinating and diverse currents of life experiences and musical flavors have surfaced in the past month! I am eager to share my discoveries and remembrances with you once again... First, a song in honor of August: This piece creates an intoxicatingly sensuous texture through the use of deeper voices : "August" by the Irish choir Anúna... When music has taken me to darkly beautiful places... Folk / Folk Rock Maddy Prior- "John Barleycorn" https://youtu.be/DPcmwM04Gy4 I have arranged this timeless English harvest song for my online mountain dulcimer workshops, and it often reappears in my private online lessons! It tells a symbolic story of death and rebirth through the life cycle of the barleycorn, celebrating harvest time and sharing similar themes and motifs with the hymn “Now the Green Blade Rises.” This particular arrangement by Maddy Prior breaks all the rules and has the time of its life doing so! Both hypnotic and playful... Kate Rusby- Life in a Paper B