This is my original composition of music set to the poem of W.B. Yeats.

The Stolen Child

My "sound" is a product of being raised in the company of music in North East Tennessee and finding my bliss, singing in the Doolin sessions with Clare's finest. All the arrangements are my own, I don't play from books, only memory.

Knoxville Girl

Terry McKee

Original song of personal experience and imagination from the  "Fresh Mulch" performance of late last year at Capone's in Johnson City.

Bean Sidhe on the Bridge

Cruiscin Lan is at least 600 years old. It is a drinking song with verses and a chorus that praises the "little full jug", and that is the literal translation of the title. Can't you just hear the people raising their cups and joining in the chorus? Whiskey, in the Irish language is literally "the water of life". In this song, the drinker defies death just long enough to take another "Cruiscin Lan". I played this song at sessions in Doolin, County Clare, Eire.

Cruiscin Lan

Black Fox is a story of a fox hunt that goes badly for the hunters. The imagery relates to the mythic protector of wild animals, Cernunnos is the Irish name, but Pan, Diana and others were charged with this duty. The Christianization of Europe turned these former gods and goddesses into devil and demon. I especially like the fact that the Master Huntsman called the "devil" to appear, just for sport. Be careful what you ask for.

Retha Ferrell