I love this Fergus. Beautiful words and harmonies

I originally wrote Frost On the Fields to sing on my morning walk as the sun one on the Winter Solstice, but adapt the words so it can be applicable on any frosty day as a reminder to myself of the hope that’s a.ways there if we can be patient and wait.
I later put a guitar accompaniment to it but enjoy singing it unaccompanied in the woods too.
Though the frost is on the fields
And a chill in the air, 
There’s a stirring in the hearts of
The deer and the hare

Oh the Solstice Sun shall rise 
And our hearts will be surprised
By the warmth in our blood
And the hope in our eyes.

Though the grey clouds may hang heavy
And cold winds blow from the east,
There’s a stirring in the heart of
Each bird and each beast

And the Solstice Sun shall rise
And our hearts will be surprised
But the warmth in our blood
And the hope in our eyes.

Though the earth may seem to slumber
Beneath a white wintry cloak, 
There’s a stirring in the roots
Of the pine & the oak. 

And a new day shall arise
And our hearts will be surprised
But the warmth in our blood
And the hope in our eyes.

Frost On The Fields

A song written about history of the Zeppelin to fulfill a brief for the UWS Songwriting Masters Module Portfolio, 2021. Thanks to Craig Durning on the guitar, Lewis Oxbrow on the bass vocals, Lauren Gilmour at Novasound for the production, and always Becci Wallace for encouragement and support.

Float Like The Hindenburg

Forget About You Mastered.WAV

Something Old, Something New

Demo of a song I have had on the go for a long time but never got round to finishing

My Child

A song of consolation, assembled from the fragments of a trip to the Outer Hebrides.

Wild Angelica (demo)

The Old Mistake (demo)

For the second of our Edinburgh Fringe 2024 podcasts Ali spoke to musician Jo Mango and theatre-maker Liam Hurley to talk all about A Giant On The Bridge, which is part of the prestigious Made in Scotland showcase, and will be at the Assembly Roxy Central between 2nd-18th August, 10.40am.

Jo describes how A Giant On The Bridge came about, emerging from the work of Vox Liminis and their Distant Voices project which explores crime, punishment and reintegration through songwriting and other forms of creative expression, and pairs some of Scotland’s best songwriters with people who’ve experienced the criminal justice system from different angles.

Liam then talks about his role with A Giant On The Bridge and the collaborations which are vital to the whole. The two then discuss the nature of the collaborative process, making each story individual, why having multiple musical genres is key, the challenges in making live music theatrical, what audiences can expect, and how their involvement, and reaction, is essential.

Described as a gig-theatre event (and for an explanation of that, you'll have to listen to the podcast) it features some of Scotland's finest musicians. As well as Jo herself they include Admiral Fallow's Louis Abbott, Raveloe, Solareye and Louise McCraw (AKA Goodnight Louisa).

A Giant On The Bridge promises to be a very special production of music and theatre (but, importantly, not musical theatre), and is shaping up to be one of the highlights of this year's Fringe.

For further details, and all the ways to listen, go to https://www.scotswhayhae.com

Edinburgh Fringe 2024 - Jo Mango & Liam Hurley - A Giant On The Bridge

The River and the Gael.
By Randall Stephen Hall

Just keeping in touch with this new recording
of THE REIVER AND THE GAEL, written first in 2007-2024
A story about the Border Reivers exiled from the war torn space
between England and Scotland shortly before the Plantation of Ulster
circa 1610.

With no memory of these events most people in Northern Ireland
are unaware that it is a significant and shared narrative as the Reivers, removed
to Ulster, ended up on both sides of the conflict during the Troubles.

I hope you find this track from a forthcoming album interesting.

Some names from the Borders are Graham, Kerr, Elliot, Hume
Turnbull (Trimble), Hall, Jamieson, Huddleston, Irvine, Robson
Charlton, Douglas, Scott, Herron, Maxwell, Nixon and many more.

Good Luck for now,

Stephen Stiofán
www.randallstephenhallsongs.com

RSH. Reiver And The Gael DEMO 11.7.24

Written in a Vox Liminis workshop about women’s experience of criminal justice, this song explores imprisonment and release via my attempt to
imagine Rapunzel’s life after she escaped the tower. 

Thanks to Dana DeHart for the photograph of St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, which got me thinking about that tower-prison.

Rapunzel, Some Time Later - Fergus McNeill Master 1

You can find out more about me and about how and why I write songs at www.fergusmcneill.com. 

There are also some live demos on my YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCxrK5yGwzJRfczDtg3_S9wg

Rapunzel, Some Time Later - Fergus McNeill Master 1

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