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Ppl have asked me to release some seasonal music for years. This one snuck up on me, on the Longest Night.  I recorded it as fast as I could. Hope you enjoy. :)

Note: counterpoint lyrics directly inspired by "Shalom To You" by Carlton Raymond Young & Elise S. Eslinger, a piece I loved singing in choir with my family when I was younger.


Solstice Night

S.J. Tucker is a delightfully earthy "Song Witch," who calls Arkansas home. Some of her influences include Joni Mitchell George Harrison, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. She shares her wide musical range with Pagan fans at many festivals and in virtual streaming concerts. You'll want to hear all about her exciting new Red Album project!

Women Who Howl At The Moon Episode 29 S.J. Tucker

DIGISEEDS is the first chapter in a series of Ultimae compilations conceptualized by Czech artist Lubos Cvrk aka Ambientium. As an electronic music stakhanovite, Lubos brought together composers from all around the world to create a story which slowly enwraps the listener in a soft and eerie ambient reverie. 

From minimal acoustic patterns melting into intense pads, ethereal dub lines blending with glitch, gentle electronica and a certain neo-classical aesthetics, DIGISEEDS paints new grounds and plays with textures to achieve a soothing and swirling dive in experience for the listener. 

Ambientium, in this first chapter, offers an emotive and exclusive mixed selection of 12 tracks from the composers Lars Leonhard (Germany), Martin Nonstatic (Austria) and One Arc Degree (Greece), known to the Ultimae realms, and plants new seeds with the participation of composers such as Ocoeur (France), Mandrax (Tasmania), Cloower Wooma (Russia), State Azure (UK), Jani R (Finland), Synapsia (UK) and himself (Czech Replublic).

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“Gun Shy”  Written & Performed by: Amyjo Savannah 
 Recorded Live on Shoog Radio at the KABF 88.3FM studio in Little Rock, Ar. by Aaron Sarlo.
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Gun Shy

In the traditional dwelling is found a well of spiritual, cultural and material information. Through it many things are revealed, from the ways in which our forebears used materials from the natural environment to meet their own specific needs, to the symbolic and spiritual concerns at play as they choose sites upon which to build.

In this month's podcast Claire and Jonny explore some of the customs and rituals attached to the luck of the house, those practices employed to bring about plenty, prosperity and safety from all harm. Step over the threshold then, and sit awhile with us then while we take you about this old house - there are a great many things to behold herein!

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'An té níos treise ná Dia a chuirfeadh faid siar as a teach' / 'Only he who is stronger than God will extend his house westward')

This proverb references a traditional taboo regarding the extension of a dwelling in a westerly direction (a direction commonly associated with death in folk-tradition). The following photograph shows an instance in Co. Mayo where church renovations were ceased after locals insisted that the building could not be extended westward, leaving only an unfinished architrave on the wall - a curious example showing how closely intertwined are the material and spiritual!

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Blúiríní Béaloidis 04 - The Luck Of The House

This episode I chat with Jonny Dillon, an archivist at the Irish National Folklore Collection at University College Dublin. We discuss the history of the Folklore Collection, his podcast, Blúiríní Béaloidis / Folklore Fragments, and the deep need for folk tradition in modern life.

The Irish National Folklore Collection is one of the largest folklore collections in Europe, and has just this month been ascribed to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

Blúiríní Béaloidis / Folklore Fragments Podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/folklore_podcast

The National Folklore Collection:
https://www.ucd.ie/irishfolklore/en/

Music:
Intro: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Amhráin na Trá Báine" by Fiachra O'Regan
"Aisling Gheal" by Fiachra O'Regan
"An Leanbh Sí" by Fiachra O'Regan

Image: An Irish family outside thatched cottage: Eason Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland

Interview with Jonny Dillon of the Irish National Folklore Collection

Lyrics:

If the roses in the rocks can bloom, 
then I'd better get to bloomin' too. 
Persist, Resist, and Bloom. 
Persist, Resist, and Bloom. 

If the roses in the rocks can bloom, 
then I'd better get to bloomin' too. 
If the roses in the rocks can bloom, 
so can I. 

Not like it's rocket science, 
or even prickly pear marinade. 
You know what they say about life and lemons. 
Pour me some of that lemonade. 

Rich vs. Poor ain't nothing new. 
Artists and fools still speaking truth to power, 
well what about you? 
Yeah, what about you? 

See, I'm not afraid to fight for change. 
I am here to be the change we wanna see. 
Springtime comes on back around. 
Blossom feeds the honeybees and 
sweet little seeds keep breaking free. 

If the roses in the rocks can bloom, 
then I'd better get to bloomin' too. 
Persist, Resist, and Bloom. 
Persist, Resist, and Bloom. 

If the roses in the rocks can bloom, 
then I'd better get to bloomin' too. 
If the roses in the rocks can bloom, 
so can I. 

It's hard to kill a rosebush. 
Why would you wanna try? 
We all share the water, 
the starry sky, the food supply, 
so grow your thorns, my people. 
We've still got plenty of sun. 
We are the wild and rainbow roses 
whose colors will not run. 

Wild roses keep on climbing, 
no matter who's in charge. 
Our truth has always been here. 
The future still is ours. 

Wild roses keep on growing, 
no matter who's in charge. 
Our truth has always been here. 
The future still is ours. 

Wild roses keep on blooming 
no matter who's in charge. 
Our truth has always been here. 
The future still is ours! 

Better get to bloomin'. 
Persist, Resist, and bloom. 
If the roses in the rocks can bloom, 
then I'd better get to bloomin' too. 
If the roses in the rocks can bloom, 
so can I!


released September 12, 2018 
Music, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass, drum programming, mix, and cover photo by S. J. Tucker. Tracked & mixed at The Pixie House, Arkansas River Valley. Mad love to Soulwriters II 2017.

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Back from the dead is this creepy dubstep strack, "Living Dead"!!! LISTEN! LIKE! DOWNLOAD!!! SHARE! Stay Creepy!

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Pixie Pirate Minstrel, musical magical practitioner. Also known as singer-songwriter, producer, composer, Burner, nomad, witchy woman, instigator, facilitator, narrator, creatrix, and Jesse's mama. Currently performing live again a little at a time while not at home recording my face off & giving online shows to try to lift spirits, in these years of the virus.  Love dabbling in electronica/belly dance mixes/industrial/dubstep, though jazz/mythic/acoustic/fannish/folk/fun is how most folks find me. Thx for stopping by. :-)

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