Cello Impro Great Hall May 10th

Winter Sits First (y Gaeaf)
Sengl Gaeaf 2022 Winter Single
Ailsa Mair Fox /// the Fairytale Cellist

A song about greeting Winter on all levels, with all its bare branches, darkness and grief, and the hope & potential of the seeds, both real and metaphorical…

based on a simple poem I wrote on a scrap of paper with a painted swirl during Winter a few years ago.

I hope this brings some warmth to your Winter.

Nadolig Llawen & Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Cariad mawr - with love, 

Ailsa X

lyrics
I went underground to talk to a seed,
She said “Don’t feel bad for receiving help you need”
So I shed her a tear to quench her great thirst,
And understood deeply that Winter sits first.

I went underground to talk to a seed, 
He said “Don’t feel bad for receiving help you need”
So I shed him a tear to quench his great thirst,
And understood deeply that Winter sits first.

I went underground to talk to a seed,
They said “Don’t feel bad for receiving hep you need”
So I shed them a tear to quench their great thirst,
And understood deeply that Winter sits first.

mae'r Ddaear yn galw
a'r pridd yn canu
i hadau'r Derw -
bydd blodau yn tyfu

(Welsh translation:
The Earth is calling, 
and the soil is singing
to the seeds of the Oak - 
Flowers will grow)
...
credits
released December 21, 2022 
Words, music, cello and voice - Ailsa Mair Fox
Guitar & backing vocals - Liam Rickard a.k.a. Worldwide Welshman
Production - made at home by Ailsa 
Artwork - Anne Thomas, www.shiningedge.co.uk

Winter Sits First - Final Final Dec 20th

Sound-score I made for GLANIO in collaboration with Jim Soniac.

pic - Heledd Wyn Hardy

https://www.impelo.org.uk/glanio

GLANIO MACHYNLLETH

This is a section from our second MOONCHOIR gathering, held in the Cuncumen, Machynlleth. Mid Wales.  There was thick snow so just 4 of us made it but it was magical.

Moonchoir #2 Part 1 Expt

Solo improvisation for bass viol and voice

From 2018 release 'GALW' by duo Tinc y Tannau (Ailsa's collaboration with Sianed Jones.) - www.tincytannau.co.uk / tincytannau.bandcamp.co.uk

Track notes from album: 
"Ailsa has been known occasionally to appear in mermaid form and is deeply musically inspired by the ocean: This is her song to connect with the aspect of herself that is 'out to sea'."

lyrics: (miscellaneous Mermish)

credits:
from GALW, released September 7, 2018
Improvisation performed by Ailsa Mair Hughes on voice and bass viola da gamba.  Recorded by Dylan Fowler.  

license: all rights reserved

GALW

Out to Sea

When you go into your fear
maybe you will find that it's not there anymore 
maybe you will find that it just disappears
maybe you find that it opens a door,
when you go into your fear...

When you hit the dark, 
maybe you will find that it inspires your art
maybe you will find a bright new spark
maybe you will find the wondrous caverns of the heart
when you hit the dark.

When you begin to grieve,
maybe you will find in the dirt
some new seeds -
maybe you will find you begin to clearly see
When you begin to grieve...

When You Go

Singer-Cellist, Viola da Gamba rebel, Songwriter, Improviser, Storyteller, Educator based in Machynlleth, mid-Wales.

This is my page for bits, pieces-in-progress, unreleased and or old recordings, perhaps including some live recordings done on dodgy dictaphones, musical soups, jams and other miscellany... Check out my bandcamp page (link also below) for my music that has been released into some kind of EP or album...

"My mum says you sound like a full grown fairy when u sing. I love you!" 
(fan met at the Green Gathering 2018)

Ailsa Mair

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