Love this john... So raw and the recording suits the style so there's nothing to excuse! X

An interesting tonal mix of trad irish, old english folk with hints of southern states americana. Really pretty :)

The Oops can't fave/repost set!

Written while driving home from the south of France

Rolling into Seracourt-le-Grand again
On my way back home
Wondering if I'd have to make a stand again
Or if the wheels stayed on
Sometimes the wind can blow your world away
While you're looking at the wider view
But darling when you look at me that special way
I'd do it all again for you

Rolling into Seracourt-le-Grand again
Feels like a home from home
Thinking 'bout building up the band again
Or maybe it's better left alone
Sometimes your blues can blow your world apart
And carry you to kingdom come
But you helped me open up my closing heart
And slow down that beating drum

So I'm rolling into Seracourt-le-Grand again
Well on my way back home
The tarmac's sing
And the wheels are running
And all of my resistance is gone
Sometimes the world can blow my blues away
And leave me like a polished pebble
There's black clouds ahead but it's a sunny day
I don't envisage any trouble

Seracourt Again

Freestyle

Bob Dylan Cover - recalling a Byrds version

You ain´t going nowhere (Dylan / Byrds Cover)

Just found this on an old hard disk. Me learning how to use multi-track software in the front room 10 years ago. Cover of Suzanne Vega's Gypsy, written in 1978 when she was 19 :)

Gypsy (Suzanne Vega Cover)

Further to fly

Fireside (instrumental)

Remembering Karl Marx's daughter Eleanor.

Daddy was a big man
Daddy had a really rich friend
They weren't there in the end.

Tussy was a bright girl
Tussy has a lot of nice friends
What happened to them?

Thought he was a nice man
Working to all the right ends
He weren't no friend.

Cheated and mistreated
Isolated from her friends
Soon came the end.

Last Days In May (Eleanor Marx)

A Napoleonic song, a woman laments the loss of her lover in battle.  Work in progress. 

Bonny Light Horseman

A preview from the forthcoming album 'The Seer' - a Fèis Rois commission based on the life and prophecies of The Brahan Seer, released 1st Sep 2017. Pre-orders available soon from laurenmaccoll.co.uk 

The album features:
Lauren MacColl - fiddle
Mairearad Green - accordion, border pipes
Megan Henderson - fiddle, piano, backing vocals
James Mackintosh – drum kit, percussion
Anna Massie - guitar, mandolin
Rachel Newton - vocals, harp, viola 

Recorded on location at The Stables, Cromarty during April 2017 by Barry Reid
Mixed by Barry Reid
Mastered by Iain Hutchison at GloWormRecording

Loch Ussie - Lauren MacColl (Preview Track from 'The Seer')

Bring Back Home

Sisters Three

This track is from the album Within a Mile of Kilty and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bcmsbj

The Lark In The Morning

Top It Off / The Glen Road To Carrick / McFadden's Handsome Daughter  / The Devil's Ladder (Hop Jig  / Reels)

From "Súgach Sámh / Happy Out", Niamh Ní Charra

Top It Off  (Hop Jig   Reels)

Rhubarb and Ginger / The Swaggering Jig / Hardiman The Fiddler (Slip Jigs)

From the album "Ón Dá Thaobh / From Both Sides", Niamh Ní Charra 2007

Rhubarb and Ginger  Niamh Ní Charra

This first slip jig is named after my Gran Olive’s wonderful homemade jam, which I adore! The other two slip jigs can both be found in O Neills; the latter is listed as Hardy Man the Fiddler, although the above title has since become more common.

Rhubarb and Ginger   The Swaggering Jig   Hardiman The Fiddler (Slip Jigs)

In Sweet Summer's Setting

Claudia Helen, Samba Bossa

de Anderson, Wagner e Bindá.

Samba Bossa

I am not a musician but music plays a very important role in my creative life! I am an artist/designer and music is my companion and my muse in the long hours I spend working in my studio! 
I am immensely impressed and grateful for all the talented and inspiring musicians whose work graces this Cloud, and I will always re-post sounds that I love (and will listen to again) - knowing that others will enjoy them!
I feel slightly embarrassed and quite humbled when I receive such graceful messages of thanks from artists whose work I have re-posted - after-all, I am the one who is so inspired by the discovery of your brilliant music!!!
So thank YOU!!!
Jools :)
P.S. If you want to see where the music takes me there is a link to my Portfolio site on Behance below!!! 
NEW!! - Thanks for all the great feed-back on my work! I shall be re-launching with a website (shop & archive) ‘KULT-JE’ in the not too distant future! Meanwhile, examples of past and current work are featured on my Instagram (@joolselphick)
Since my heart op in Jan2021, I have had to deal with taking quite a lot of meds which have interrupted my design work - that and moving to Germany in 2020 - and back in 2021 (due to Covid my business plans stalled!) - SO, slowly getting it together…. hang tight!😊

I have an archive of my work to date on Instagram - @joolselphick

In Sweet Summer's Setting

J Blackmore

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