Mickey Dam - Traditional, Arranged by The Paul McKenna Band PRS/MCPS

Elements is the third album from the award winning Paul McKenna Band.

Release date: 1st June 2013

www.paulmckennaband.com

Produced by The Paul McKenna Band
Engineered by David McNee at North Park Studios, Barrhead, Glasgow
Mixed by Julian Kindred at Nonsuch Park Studios, Epsom, Surrey
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters

Mickey Dam

Gallows Pole

A synthetic and powerful version of Duran Duran's Electric Barbarella. 
It is supposed to be part of a future tribute compilation we can't say a word about at the moment. Recorded and mixed between may-june 2014.
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Electric Barbarella

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Track 3 from Warrior Woman!
This song is used with permission.
Translator: Michael Roney
Songwriter: Will Jennings, James Horner (Harmony LLC)

Klingon Pop Warrior - taH tIqwIj (My Heart Will Go On)

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Track 4 of Warrior Woman!
This song is used with permission.
Translator: Felix Malmenbeck
Songwriter: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez (Wonderland Music Company)

Klingon Pop Warrior - yIbuSQo' (Let It Go)

Manus Mo Rùin by Scottish Gaelic quartet Cruinn.  Taken from their second album Stòras (cruinncd002) released Oct 2014.  Available from www.cruinn.net.  

This track has been nominated Best Traditional Track for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015.  

Manus Mo Rùin

Faclan/Words: Trad.
Ceòl/Music: Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona Mackenzie
Pub. Anam Communications
Arr. Cruinn
Prìomh Sheinneadair/Lead Vocal: Fiona

Saoil, a bheil stòras de bhàrdachd is beul-athris Ghàidhealach ann an clò nas luach-mhòr na 'n cruinneachadh 'Ortha nan Gàidheal' le Alasdair MacGilleMhìcheil?  Abair stòras airson Gàidheil is goill le chèile.  
In 1115 Earl Magnus (Manus) of Orkney was killed by his jealous half brother Earl Hakon.  St Manus has had devotional followers to this very day.  This poem is from the wonderful collection of folklore, Carmina Gadelica, by Alexander Carmichael.  

A Mhanuis mo rùin 
Is tu dhèanadh mo rùin 
A chuirp chùbhraidh nan dùl, 
Cuimhnich oirnn. 

Cuimhnich a naoimh nam buadh, 
A chomraig 's a chòmhn an sluagh, 
Cobhair oirnne nar truaigh, 
'S na trèig sinn. 

Tog ar seilbh mach ri leirg, 
Casg coin ghioirr is coin dheirg, 
Cum uainn fuath, fath, feirg, 
Agus fòirne. 

Cuartaich tàn agus buar, 
Cuartaich caor agus uan; 
Cùm uap an fhamh-bhual, 
'S an luch-fhèoir. 

Crath an drùchd on speur air crodh, 
Thoir fàs air feur, dèis, agus snodh, 
Dùbhrach, lus-fèidh, cèis, meacan-dògh, 
Agus neòinean. 

O Mhanuis nan glonn, 
Air bharca nan sonn, 
Air bharra nan tonn, 
Air sala na fonn, 
Còmhn agus glèidh sinn. 

O Magnus of my love, 
Thou it is who would'st guide, 
Thou fragrant body of grace, 
Remember us. 

Remember us, thou Saint of power, 
Who didst encompass and protect the people, 
Succour thou us in our distress, 
Nor forsake us. 

Lift our flocks to the hills, 
Quell the wolf and the fox, 
Ward from us spectre, giant, fury, 
An oppression. 

Surround cows and herds, 
Surround sheep and lambs; 
Keep from them the water-vole, 
And the field-vole. 

Sprinkle dew from the sky upon kine, 
Give growth to grass, and corn, and sap to plants, 
Water-cress, deer’s-grass, fern, burdock, 
And daisy. 

O Magnus of fame, 
On the barque of the heroes, 
On the crests of the waves, 
On the sea, on the land, 
Aid and preserve us.

Manus Mo Rùin by Cruinn

Song by Adam Holmes on Despite The Dark! Pre-order your copy through * WWW.RURA.CO.UK * Released April 27th!

Between The Pines

Whiskey on the Park Bench

People talkin
They wondering why I'm so mellow
People talking to me
Say I'm a cool kind of fellow

They say man how come nothing get to you?
Who's your Messiah brother who is your guru?
I say man ain't got nothin to do with that, all I need is eight dollars and a brown paper bag

I drink whiskey on the park bench
I drink it down till the morning light
I drink whiskey on the park bench
I drink it down till I feel alright

Now people searching
They looking for cosmic meaning
People looking around
They look for some magical feeling

I tell you, what if the answer's lying under your nose?
Cause we are made of flesh and bone
There's too much pain, that is understood
So I say do it if it feels good

I drink whiskey on the park bench
I drink it down till the morning light
I drink whiskey on the park bench
I drink it down till I feel alright

Whiskey On A Park Bench

Алаш - Оске черге (Alash - Oske Cherde)

Since 2010

He's been the butt of my joke

And the special guest in my darker dreams

And I guess thought when

He'd eventually choke

I’d go back to my little scene 

Now he's risen to the top of the top of world power

And my friends tell me to scrub my history 

But they can send me down to the bowels of trump towers

Put me on the rack next to my brown and black brothers

Make me pledge allegiance to the hash tag  MAGA no other

Rip my arms and legs off till I bleed out crying for my mother 

I'll be hell-bent to call that motherfucker president

You can bury me up to my ears in quick dry cement I'll 

never call that motherfucker president

Thank God for the First Amendment letting me vent

Trump Tower

Title: It All Just Takes Time
Artist: Vinyl Sun
Written & Composed by: James Justin
Produced by: James Justin

A bit of a flashback to the California Acoustic rock of the 70's. 

It All Just Takes Time

Somebody tell me, what’s go’in on with us
Somebody show me what to do

I can’t take the sadness – when something don’t belong
And it feels like madness – when your right and all goes wrong

But it’s not too late to show you 
I’m gonna give you everything that I got

Baby I’ll try, yes I’ll try – I’m not gonna laugh when I wanna cry
But oh, you’ll find – It All Just Takes Time

Baby I’ll do what I gotta do – I wish it could be just like you want it to
But oh, you’ll find – That It All Just Takes Time

Sometimes I feel helpless and there’s nothing I can do 
Don’t tell me you’ve not been there to

Sometimes we’re laughing and the world might seem ok
But sometimes I hold you and you’re a million miles away

But I’m too tired to find you answers
I’d rather just hold you tight 

Baby I’ll try, yes I’ll try – I’m not gonna laugh when I wanna cry
But oh, you’ll find – It All Just Takes Time

Baby I’ll do what I gotta do – I wish it could be just like you want it to
But oh, you’ll find – That It All Just Takes Time

So don’t say your sorry for things that need to change
Given time we both may feel the same

We’re so sentimental about the saddest sort of things
I’m learning little by little, it doesn’t matter what it means

But there’s so much left to show you
It’s only just a matter of time

Baby I’ll try, yes I’ll try – I’m not gonna laugh when I wanna cry
But oh, you’ll find – It All Just Takes Time

Baby I’ll do what I gotta do – I wish it could be just like you want it to
But oh, you’ll find – That It All Just Takes Time

Baby I’ll do what I gotta do – I wish it could be just like you want it to
But oh, you’ll find – That It All Just Takes Time

Baby I’ll try, yes I’ll try – I’m not gonna laugh when I wanna cry
But oh, you’ll find – It All Just Takes Time

Klingon Pop Warrior - taH tIqwIj (My Heart Will Go On)

Jen Usellis