The Dance

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Sawney Bean Clan

For years I was resigned to the fact that it was impossible to write instrumental folk music that was political, but I think I've cracked it with this one!  Now you can make a statement even if you don't sing!

For those unfamailiar with "the tories" ... it is the nickname of the conservative party of the United Kingdom ... and they have been destroying my country since 2010 through cuts in public spending and dismantling and selling off public assets which we all value and rely on while telling us they're not doing it.  All that time the rich got richer and the poor got poorer - something which has brought many in our proud country to their knees.  

Last summer the Tories caved in to a protest political party with far-right tendencies that was so small that they only had one member of parliament and held a knee-jerk referendum which led to the wholly uninformed and financially desperate UK electorate voting for the famous Brexit which is now ruining the country yet further and these Tories don't seem to have any coherent plan about how to deal with it!

Please excuse my use of the Anglo-Saxon vernacular in the title ... it has led to some people accusing me of being spiteful, aggressive, hate-inciting and abusive which I wholeheartedly am not ... The words vulgar and unmannerly have also been used which is probably a fair cop!  If you're looking to be offended then you probably will find a way ... "Fuck" is a word used daily by the majority of people, and it can mean so many things ... but just to avoid any confusion ... the title of this tune uses the word in the following context:

Fuck [fuhk] (exclamation): Used alone or as a noun or verb in various phrases to express annoyance, contempt, or impatience.

example: (on finishing a particularly unpleasant task) Fuck this for a game of soldiers, I'm going down the pub.

example: (on discovering your government has lied to you for the fortieth time) Fuck the Tories, I'm going down the pub.

Fuck The Tories

Demo version of the song "Korpens Saga". Enjoy!

Korpens Saga - Demo 2006

A medley based around English tunes on the theme of the Cuckoo. 
The Cuckoo song / The Cuckoo’s Nest / The Cuckoo’s Nest (Longborough Morris)

From the album 'Well Met'. Release date 1st of March 2018. 
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Well Met

The Cuckoo: The Cuckoo / The Cuckoo’s Nest / The Cuckoo’s Nest (Longborough Morris)

Barrels Of Whiskey - Whiskey Bastards/Rum Buggers

Something bright and uplifting to get our spirits up in these strange times! This tune never fails to cheer me up so hopefully it might do the same for you. Cover of Alba by The Sidh, originally an electro-celtic fusion tune, covered here in a more stripped back style with just acoustic guitar, whistle, piano and some light percussion (shakey boi and stompy boi, not pictured). All performed and produced by me except for the shakeyboi which was recorded and sent to me by Cole (from my band The Mowdies, link below) due to the fact my shaker is at her place and self-isolation means I can’t go get it! Big thanks to Cole for that!

Alba (The Sidh) - Acoustic/Whistle Cover

Composer/producer/musician from Cumbria, UK. Experienced in writing for radio, stage and screen. As a soundtrack composer I naturally do a lot of classical/film score style, but I'm also heavily into metal, folk/celtic, new-age, prog and plenty of other things too. Also accordionist (and other things) in pirate metal band Iron SeaWolf and folk band The Mowdies.

Alba (The Sidh) - Acoustic/Whistle Cover

Owen Evans

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