Inspired by Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells of course.  I played quite a bit of classical guitar  as well as electric on this, I love the middle bit with its tubular bells - very Christmassy - and the big electric guitar crescendo towards the end.

Tubularly

Ireland Dance Party

I probably could have worked harder on this one.

Somewhat

Lorcán ~ an Irish given name meaning " little fierce one "
Arranged and produced by, Mike Hllton © 05/02/2023
Thanks for listening.

Instruments

PRS Custom 24
Takamine Acoustic Guitar
Double Bass
Bodhrán
Vocal Pads
Chimes

The Lorcan

Lorcán

Moment Of Life

song  of june

Human World

A cover of the classic rock ballad Lucky Man by, Emerson Lake & Palmer.
(No copyright infringment intended)
I'm dedicating this cover to, Daniel Hoffay a.k.a  https://soundcloud.com/kogwonton here on Soundcloud where you'll find many more of his great covers. 
Daniel sent me his guitar recordings for this track just before he sadly passed away 19/05/2022. R.I.P Dan, this collaboration is for you.

The origin of the song, as stated by Greg Lake in interviews is that it was the first song he wrote when his mother bought him a guitar when he was just 12 years old. With the first chords he learned (D, A minor, E minor, and G), he wrote an acoustic version of the song. In early 1968, Lake would later rehearse the song with King Crimson.

The song came to be used on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's debut album when they needed one more song. Lake played the version he had written from childhood, but the rest of the band did not like it, feeling it would not fit with the other album tracks. Lake, then worked on it in the studio with, Carl Palmer. Lake, added numerous overdubs of bass, triple-tracked acoustic guitars, electric guitar, and harmony vocals until it "sounded like a record." This version of the song — with a second electric guitar solo in place of where, Emerson, would later overdub his Moog solo is featured on the album's deluxe edition.

Unlike several songs on the album, which use a distorted fuzz bass to sound like a guitar, "Lucky Man" is an acoustic ballad. The lyrics tell the story of a man who had everything, went to war, and died. 
Thanks for listening.

Cover credits

Daniel Hoffay - acoustic, electric guitars & further arrangement.
Mike Hilton - lead & assisted backing vocals.

Mix produced & arranged by Mike Hilton 09/08/2023.
Cover Art - A composite image featuring E.L.P in concert at Riverfront Coliseum May '77.

Lyrics

He had white horses
And ladies by the score
All dressed in satin
And waiting by the door

Ooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooh, what a lucky man he was

White lace and feathers
They made up his bed
A gold covered mattress
On which he was laid

Ooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooh, what a lucky man he was

He went to fight wars
For his country and his king
Of his honor and his glory
The people would sing

Ooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooh, what a lucky man he was

A bullet had found him
His blood ran as he cried
No money could save him
So he laid down and he died

Ooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooh, what a lucky man he was

Songwriters: Gregory Lake, © 1968 
Lucky Man lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Music Sales Corporation

Lucky Man

Lucky Man (collaboration with Daniel Hoffay - R.I.P)

BELLA

Out Of Time

Here is the well that they dug you
there neath the salt and the snow
pushing you in was the easy part love
pulling you out I don't know

All of the lies that they told you
are just like the ice on a stream
under the wright 
of the words they won't state
all of the things that they mean.

Noted as ‘One to watch’ by NewSoundWales, Siobhan McCrudden’s has been described as a singer who is gifted with one of the finest voices in contemporary UK folk music.

Raised in London to parents with Scottish and Irish roots, Cardiff-based singer songwriter McCrudden, crafts songs of intensity and sweetness, recounting personal stories whilst reflecting a vivid fascination with dark folk tales and superstitions.

Siobhan’s early performances found her on the coffee house circuit of New York. From these beginnings she went on to play larger gigs both in America and at home, performing at festivals and folk clubs. Her first single ‘The Mermaid in Your Glass’, was on the top 10 Fresh Favs on BBC Radio 6 Music - Fresh On The Net and was played on BBC Radio Wales (Bethan Elfyn, Adam Walton), Radio Cardiff, newsoundwales, The Folk Pilot, CuillinFM, PhonicFM, Lonely Oak Radio, Symfozone Radio and Spotify playlists Double J, Big Tune IMR, Sweater Weather and more..

Reviews:
‘Oh Little Red’ bleeds with tension and the wonderfully arranged strings push and pull every last drop of feeling out of the piece. Folk Radio UK

‘Absolutely beautiful, just stunning, the voice is something else’ Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales

‘There is a clear debt in Siobhan's sound to early Joni Mitchell albums. There is also a definite familiarity with late sixties British folk bands such as Fairport Convention and Pentangle in her cultural hinterland’ From the Margins

‘I was blown away by her voice, her guitar playing ... She really is something special’ Bethan Elfyn, BBC Radio Wales

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Released by:
hungersleep records
P-line:
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Icarus Girl

Oh Little Red

Hi,

I'm Mithlach. As a hobby, I like to write and record rock songs, which I'm presenting on this channel. I hope you'll like what I made. Please let me know what you think of it in the comments.

For some of the tracks (the ones marked with 'Instrumental Version'), I included the lyrics in the description. Unfortunately, I'm really dissatisfied with my voice. But, if you're a singer, you like the music you find here and you would like to collaborate, just send me a message and maybe together we could make those songs full.

Out Of Time

Mithlach

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