Written by Heidi Muller from her Gypsy Wind CD, the Methow Suite features two jigs, the Twisp River Jig and Ray's Good Garlic, followed by a waltz, Leaving the Methow(Copyright 2001). Leaving the Methow was  included in the Masters of the Mountain Dulcimer, Vol. II CD.
Dulcimer, guitar: Heidi Muller
Fiddle: Arvid Lundin
Catpaws, bodhran: Teresa Morgan

Gypsy Wind

The Methow Suite

I wrote this song one early November in Seattle, as one of my friends was cleaning up her yard for the winter. It's from my Giving Back CD, available at heidimuller.com.

Giving Back

November

All That is Gold was written by Brooks Williams, using words by JRR Tolkien. This version was recorded on the Cassiopeia CD by Heidi Muller in 1992, with harmony vocals by Linda Waterfall.

Cassiopeia

All That Is Gold

An Appalachian Christmas carol with Heidi Muller singing and playing dulcimer and Bob Webb playing cello, from their Light the Winter's Dark CD (heidimuller.com).

Light the Winter's Dark

Star of the East

From our Seeing Things CD, available at www.heidimuller.com and CDBaby... a song I wrote for the dancing, sparkling snow twirling around the porch at a cabin near Elkins, WV. Ryan Kennedy (Chas. WV) adds lead guitar and harmonics, and that's John Kessler (Seattle) on the fretless bass. Interesting that John and Bob both used to play in the Mountain Stage NPR radio show house band, and now Ryan does, many years later.

Seeing Things

Snowdance

Words & Music by Heidi Muller
Mountain dulcimer and vocals - Heidi Muller
Electric cello - Bob Webb
from "Up Hurricane Creek" CD / digital download on iTunes

Up Hurricane Creek

Hummingbird

LONG WINTER’S NIGHT		
© 2011 Heidi Muller, Cascadia Music, BMI

The sun is setting on the year
It’s time to pack away
Garden tools and summer jewels
And love that didn’t stay
Count your blessings, one and all
And bid the year adieu
Winter’s waiting at the door
It’s best you let him through

	So build a fire, catch a spark
	Light a candle in the dark
	Settle in and rest awhile
	On this long winter’s night

Gather all your efforts in
You scattered on the tide
However they return to you
With your arms open wide
Alder, oak and sycamore
Are stripped down to the skin		
And reaching up with empty arms
They welcome back the wind
	
When the ridges and the mountain peaks
Take on a bluish glow
That rises up to kiss the moon
Reflected on the snow
Then comes the time of year again
To watch your candles burn
And let the earth regenerate
Until the light returns
	
        So build a fire, catch a spark
	Light your candles in the dark
	Settle in and rest awhile
	On this long winter’s night

Long Winter's Night

A true story I wrote into song, on the CD Seeing Things by Heidi Muller and Bob Webb, available at heidimuller.com and CDBaby.

Snowdrops

Winter Goodbye ©1991, recorded on Cassiopeia CD by Heidi Muller (1992). The song came to me in Seattle during an early spring snowfall. I invited Stanley Greenthal to play on the recording and he felt inspired to write the companion piece Snow on the Buds. Musicians include Heidi Muller on guitar and vocal; Stanley Greenthal on mandocello; and Gary Haggerty on pennywhistle.

Winter Goodbye/ Snow On The Buds

Words & music © Heidi Muller, Cascadia Music, BMI
Appears on Up Hurricane Creek CD (2017) by Heidi Muller & Bob Webb
Guitar & vocal: Heidi Muller
Mandolin: Bob Webb
Harmony vocals: Janis Carper, Carolyn Lochert

KEEP AN EYE ON THE MOON

Dulcimer Moon

Turn Around

Song written by Jill Kennon and Gene Keller, sung and played here by Jill Kennon of Mesilla, NM, ©2019. She's a longtime songwriter and one of the original members of Camp Coho, Kerrville Folk Festival.

WINTER SOLSTICE (Jill Kennon)

Touring songwriter, guitarist, mountain dulcimer player, solo and with partner Bob Webb; CDs and books available at website. Songs "Cassiopeia" and "Sacred Ground" were published in Rise Again, sequel to legendary songbook Rise Up Singing... instrumental "Leaving the Methow" included on Masters of the Mountain Dulcimer, Vol. II CD... "Good Road" was theme song of Northwest Public Radio's Inland Folk show from 1989 till it ended in 2019.

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