Take Me

David Creese of the University of Newcastle plays an ancient Greek song taken from stone inscriptions constructed on an eight-string "canon" (a zither-like instrument) with movable bridges. (Audio file is ©BBC)

What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like

"Between Two Mysteries" by Mount Eerie from "Wind's Poem" (2009)

"Between Two Mysteries" by Mount Eerie

Sufjan Stevens - Take Me

Cover of Robbie Basho's Blue Crystal Fire from 'Visions of the Country' (1978) 
Available on 7" with the bonus LP edition of 'Total Loss' -- UK (http://bit.ly/UEZLop) / US (http://bit.ly/WhUGoQ)



Blue Crystal Fire (Robbie Basho cover)

this is the only compilation CD featuring songs which hope to make you cry with the original point of view from Lirico label, which have released a lot of beautiful sad folk music. 

"sad is beautiful"  
- is the slogan of Lirico. the label artists explain a lot about this slogan with their songs: Scott Matthew sings that we should take sadness in,  Chris Garneau sings of many goodbye stories, Egil Olsen sings about proud loneliness, and Tamas Wells sings about life and death. 

there are hundreds of compilation CDs which feature "the happiest songs", but "saddest songs" is a totally original concept and 
nobody could do it but Lirico. 

if you are having a hard time and don't want to listen to happy songs, this CD is made for you.  there are no messages here, all 15 songs are very personal and special, and will gently carry you through your sadness. 

sometimes happy songs can't cheer you up, but these beautiful sad songs will make you feel better. Voices of angels, magical melodies, miracle harmonies...these songs will tell you, "you can be crying tonight". 

Track listing 
01. Heather Woods Broderick / Something Other Than 
02. Grand Salvo / Needles 
03. Tamas Wells / Valder Fields 
04. My Broken Frame / Miss Moon 
05. egil olsen / Nothing Like the Love I Have For You 
06. Serafina Steer / By This River 
07. Misophone / You Can’t Break a Broken Heart 
08. Scott Matthew / Language 
09. Gareth Dickson / If I 
10. Last Days / May Your Days Be Gold 
11. Whiskey Priest / Sweet Child 
12. Radical Face / Homesick 
13. Georgia's Horse / Bloom 
14. Chris Garneau / Over and Over 
15. Matt Elliott / A Waste of Blood


08 Scott Matthew - Language

09 Gareth Dickson - If I

Fleetwood Mac cover from "Rumours Revisited" Mojo compilation Nov 2012

Gold Dust Woman

Track taken from the stunning new album 'The Man Who Died In His Boat'.

Full review:

"Grouper isn’t just a listening experience; it’s a dive of faith into another dimension..."

www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2013/01/grouper-the-man-who-died-in-his-boat

Grouper - Being Her Shadow

Ancient Music   Hurrian Hymn 7  10  16 and 30

Take Me

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