My dear friend, Susan Young, is in a singing contest – and the prize is a trip to Ireland! Please go checkout the entries and vote! She is singing the eternal classic tune, Siúil A Rún https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMDVEST3J_oxoktlgKVfCreqY3J1XIlsSM-8iCDNNBSz8Paw/viewform …
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Story-telling in the Gaelic Tradition
Telling a story takes many forms, but the ancient tradition of telling a story around a fire during the winter nights is a special thing. Declan Kiberd, ‘Story-Telling: The Gaelic Tradition’, in The Irish Short Story, ed. Terence Brown…
Viking Music? New CD of Viking age music climbs the charts – Medievalists.net
Can one recreate the music of the Viking age? A newly released CD called Ice and Longboats: Ancient Music of Scandinavia hopes to do so, and has already earned praise from reviewers and risen into the top 20 of the…
Tagged with: ancient, history, medieval, music, scandinavia, traditional, vikings
Posted in History, music, pagan
Posted in History, music, pagan
The ancient music and instruments of Ireland (PHOTOS) | IrishCentral.com
Five archaeological finds that reflect the evolution of Irish music. Source: The ancient music and instruments of Ireland (PHOTOS) | IrishCentral.com
Tagged with: ancient, celt, celtic, historical, history, instruments, ireland, irish, music, tradition, traditional
Posted in music, Travel
Posted in music, Travel
The Writer’s Almanac for October 4, 2016 | The Wild Swans at Coole | The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor
Because I’m fascinated by swans now, after writing a book about them (The Enchanted Swans, pub date March 8, 2017!), here are some swans for your day! The Wild Swans at Coole by William Butler Yeats Source: The Writer’s…
Ten Icelandic Sagas you may not have heard of
Many readers will know some of these Icelandic sagas, such as Egil’s Saga or Njal’s Saga, but the Icelandic writers penned dozens of these stories. Here are ten sagas that you may not have heard of, but offer a fascinating…
Dragoncooooonnnnnn!
I’m a slacker. Last year, when my blog was Brand Spanking New, I was very good about blogging every day from Dragoncon. This year, I did not – I was too busy having fun! Sorry about that. Shame. Shame. Shame.…
The Heartbreak and Joy of Muses
Everyone has a muse. Perhaps we don’t know it, or haven’t quite gotten in touch with ours yet, but we each have one. Some people have many. I’m not necessarily talking of the traditional nine muses of Greek Mythology,…
Soundweaving: Artist Converts Folk Embroidery Patterns into Paper Scores for Music Boxes | Colossal
How wonderful! Sound out of woven patterns… Soundweaving is a recent project by Hungarian design student Zsanett Szirmay that turns patterns used in traditional folk embroidery into music by translating them into laser-cut punch cards fed through a custom…
