I’ve got another strange musical discovery to share today – the Russian ensemble Caprice, whose new album “Kywitt! Kywitt!” is… well, very strange. I can’t even say that I like all of it. Rather, I obsessively like two songs on it enough to justify making this post. Apparently this group’s previous trilogy of releases was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘folk music’
Kywitt! Kywitt!
Posted in Inspirations, tagged fairies, fairytales, folk music, German, Grimm, music, Russian on November 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Larkin Grimm & Lasher Keen
Posted in Inspirations, tagged folk music, gothic, music, witchcraft on May 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I have been obsessively listening to two things this last week. Maybe you will understand why once you hear them. First, Larkin Grimm‘s dark, rhythmic spell “Going Out” – it builds slowly, but stick with it. “I’m going out tonight, I’m gonna find a new man, I’m going out tonight. He better be strange enough, [...]
Fever and Night Terrors
Posted in Inspirations, tagged animals, animation, England, folk music, masks, music, videos on March 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A few more music videos I’ve found recently that need to be shared… “I Say Fever” by Ramona Falls – completely original, impossible-to-describe artistry in this video, there’s something about it that is reminiscent to me of certain altered states of consciousness, and it’s not the overt strangeness but the subtle things like light quality [...]
Where the devil is that devil of mine?
Posted in Inspirations, tagged England, folk music, music, videos on December 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Fantastic (though possibly seizure-inducing) video for the Moulettes’ Devil of Mine, a winding, fairy-ravished, dreamlike song about a demon lover, one of my favorite themes: I just bought the cd for this very original British band (never heard so much bassoon) and am loving it. Here’s them playing one of my favorite songs in the [...]
Wyrd Folk Playlist
Posted in Inspirations, tagged ballads, fairytales, folk music, folklore, music, pagan, Scandinavian, videos, weird on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Among my many playlists on my iPod, I have one devoted to what I think of as “wyrd folk.” Now, I know I didn’t invent that term (though “wyrd” is much less common than “weird”), and I’m not claiming to use it in the same way others might. I’ve never really grasped the finer points [...]
Telling the Bees
Posted in Inspirations, tagged bees, England, entheogens, fairies, folk music, folklore, mushrooms, music, videos on July 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Lately I have touched the sublime / Out of sight out of mind / The worship of trees Something deep within my soul / Out of my control / The worship of trees Lately I have been flung / Into rustication / The worship of trees Something old has my name / Things will never [...]
