"Something
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This
album contains a collection of ancient folk tunes, a couple of
my songs and an extended New Age style meditation piece. I opened
the album with "Englyn of Taliesin", a song of the legendary
Druidic Bard of the 12th century. This piece has a very gothic,
medieval feel to it. You may notice that the ending is not resolved.
That to me is symbolic of the continuation of the legend and influence
of the great Musical Wizard,Taliesin.
"Scarborough
Faire" is a very old English Folk song...written many, many
moons before Simon and Garfunkle. The traditional "May Song"
is followed by"Seven Secrets"... Acording to legend,
Seven Secrets was written by elves in ALfheim then released into
the ethers...it eventually made it's way to Earth. On the ancient
holiday "Aeostra" an Elf-Bard sitting by a river heard
the song, and learned to play it. Seven Secrets is thought to
refer to the Seven mysteries of the Universe, represented by the
Seven points of the Elven Star.
"Lullaby
for the Child of Light" is more commonly known as "The
Christ Childs' Lullaby". This is a folk song of the Hebrides
islands, where, according to legend, ancient Druids, Bards and
Wizards once lived and honed their magicks. It is said that the
child of light made an appearance on the Hebrides as Mabon, or
Llew. The album also includes the Olde English "Green Leaves"
as it was originally called, the Scottish "Loch Lommond"and
Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" from his Ninth Symphony.
"Dreaming
of Butterflies" is a love song...It was a fine spring day
many years ago, when my love and I noticed two silky white butterflies
chasing one another. They separated, each one taking a different
path around our house, before reuniting again. I realized how
fleeting life and love is...and that we must cling to it while
we have it. Next is the ancient Irish "Fairy Dance".
This piece always conjures up images of the Fey folk dancing in
tiny circles.
The
final piece on the album is an extended work called "Fuin
a fuin". I thought of my late father as I recorded this.
He used to tell me that when I was a small child, when it would
snow, I would point to the window and say "fuin a fuin a".
The words intrigued me, so I sought out their meaning. I few years
ago, in a book about the languages of J.R.R.Tolkiens' works, I
discovered that the words were of an ancient Elven tongue. They
meant "gloom oh gloom", and they led me to research
the history of these words and of the Elves.
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