The song Selkie recorded by Ghost Estate August 2013.  Based on Scottish folklore.

She washed up on the shore
Inside a passing strom
With seaweed in her hair
And sand within her veins
They found her on their way
To fish upon the bay
But what was in their minds
She hadn't strength to see

When she was dry and warm
Her eyes still held the storm
Their fear of weather wild
Was all they had to blame
She wasn't quite as real
As wives and daughters feel
So everything she'd go through
Didn't count the same

And the skin slides off
The enchantment fades
She's just a girl now
She's just a slave
In their world of kings and towers
They could not believe the power
Of that mistress of disguises 
And the waves

She lay upon the stones
Hair matted, all alone
She'd seen enough of land
To know she loved the sea
She lifted shaking hands
Still filled with tears and sand
And let her curses flow
Into the wind and sky

They weren't the wisest men
To reach beyond their ken
To take from mystery
Much more than they could hold
Their cries across the bay
Told all she wished to say
After years of storms
Their bones still haunt the brine

And the skin slides off
The enchantment fades
She's just a girl now
And no-one's slave
They still worship kings and towers
But they've learned to fear the power
Of that mistress of disguises
And the waves.

And the skin slides off
The enchantment fades
She was a girl once
Who no-one saved
All this talk of kings and towers
But they've never had the power
Of that mistress of disguises
And the waves.

They may build up kings and towers
But they can't withstand the power
Of the mistress of disguises
And the waves.

Selkie

Believe by Ghost Estate, recorded August 2013

My love is like a rose, roses always fade
My love's a tapestry, a story in brocade
My love is like a book, but blank on every page
My love is mystery and secrets never age
The breath of winter's night
On a summer day
My love will haunt these halls 
And never go away

My love with eyes of fire sees the centuries pass
My love was not the first, my love may be the last
My love with eyes of stone stares across the sea
My love with eyes of bone is just a memory
The breath of winter's night
Cutting through my skin
Eternal rivers flow
My love could not begin

Do you believe in me?  
I still believe in you.

My love appears in dreams like songs of distant home
My love's the sweetest thing any have ever known
I wait here for my love by lonely candlelight
My love watches me just beyond my sight
The breath of winter's night
The whispers of the dead
I may be filled with life
I choose my love instead.

Do you believe in me?
I still believe in you.

Believe

A traditional song from Ireland, exploring the various electronic and organic elements that we use as Ghost Estate.

Ghost Estate is:
Virginia Luella - vocals, violin
Josh Loughrey - electronics, guitars, dulcimer

The Wind That Shakes The Barley

The one original song on our debut EP, and one of our favorites to play live.  

Ghost Estate is:
Virginia Luella - vocals, violin
Josh Loughrey - electronics, guitars, dulcimer

The Girl Who Walks The River

An instrumental from Scotland, violin and guitar playing off each other in this somber air.  One of our favorite traditional tunes.

Ghost Estate is:
Virginia Luella - vocals, violin
Josh Loughrey - electronics, guitars, dulcimer

Roslyn Castle

A song by Scotland's finest poet, Robert Burns.  Here Virginia really shows off the range of her classical training, while Josh's electric 12 string plays a flowing melody.  

Ghost Estate is:
Virginia Luella - vocals, violin
Josh Loughrey - electronics, guitars, dulcimer

My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose

The debut EP from Pittsburgh's Ghost Estate.  Blending traditional Celtic folk music, modern electronics and Classical vocals.  

Ghost Estate is:
Virginia Luella - vocals, violin
Josh Loughrey - electronics, guitars, dulcimer

Greensleeves

Ghost Estate is a project of Josh and Virginia, combining their love of Celtic and Celtic-influenced traditional folk music with their love of doing things a little bit differently. A blend of synthesizers, electric guitar and violin, and traditional folk instruments comes together in a sound which has been compared to Loreena McKennitt and other modern interpreters of traditional music.

Virginia's classically-trained vocals provide a unique sound, while Josh's experience as an Experimental artist and accomplished composer for film creates interesting and original arrangements. 

Virginia Luella - vocals, violin
Josh Loughrey - electronics, guitars, dulcimer