'The Darkest Midnight in December' is an Irish traditional folk carol for Christmas night, after Fr William Devereux, 1728. It is from Fr Devereux's collection of Kilmore Christmas carols, called 'A New Garland'. These Christmas Carols are much more like folk songs.
I used to consider this beautiful Carol, as MY Christmas Carol. I have sung it as a solo during several Christmas concerts when I sang with the choir, 'Tonalis Company of Singers' and the choir 'Choros'. I have also sung it in folk clubs etc.
There are actually quite a few verses, but here I only sing verse 1, first solo acapella and then as a duet with myself with a movable drone and third time as a canon with drones.
This Christmas carol can be found in many Carol books with all the many ornaments actually written into the sheet music, true to the sean noes style from the West of Ireland.

The Kilmore Carols are found only in Wexford, and date back more than 300 years. In 1684 Luke Waddinge, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ferns, published A Smale Garland of Pious and Godly Songs. The cover inscription continues: "Composed by a devout Man/ For the Solace of his Friends and/ neighbours in their afflictions." The book contained 11 Christmas songs, two of which are still sung in Kilmore today. The texts were new, while the melodies were drawn from various traditional sources.
Waddinge died shortly after his book appeared, but interest in the subject was revived by a Father William Devereux, parish priest of Drinagh, Wexford from 1730-1771 (the current Devereuxes in Kilmore are almost certainly related to this priest). Devereux published A New Garland Containing Songs for Christmas. This included some of his own carols along with a few from Waddinge's collection.

Father R. Ranson, who published an edition of the Devereux book in 1949, claims that "the carols were first sung in a little chapel at Killiane, and tradition seems to indicate that the choir consisted of six men." The chapel in question was "no more than a mud hut".

The carols proved very popular, and manuscript copies quickly spread to neighbouring parishes, including Kilmore. Diarmaid O Muirithe, who has assembled and edited a collection of all the Wexford Carols (The Wexford Carols, Dolmen Press, 1982) observes: "They were sung in most of the churches of south Wexford in the 18th century, and even well into the 19th century. I think it's a great pity that they're now no longer sung outside Kilmore." O Muirithe considers that the church hierarchy in Wexford is to some extent responsible for the carols' decline. "For centuries they had been regarded by the church with a kind of benign tolerance, no more than that."

One priest in Kilmore Quay in the 19th century decided to get rid of the carols altogether and replace them with Victorian hymnody. "But the people in Kilmore decided they wouldn't be banished. The priest was banished instead, because nobody came into the church the next year. The bishop had to transfer him."

The Darkest Midnight in December

The Darkest Midnight in December | Irish Traditional Folk Carol | Marianne Lihannah

blew the dust off of this one.... from the Slingers project folder.  Thought it'd be a fun one to try to finish.  One I can relate to.... all to well.

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Ain't Gonna Crack... (nirvana #inspiredresponse)

Fire Burst

" WONDER & MAGIC "

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🔥Here we are with something a little unusual!
PS: If you're wondering who the heck Dammo Red is, as mentioned in the lyrics, well, let's just say he's kind of a mascot! You can spot him in the waveform artwork!🤪
Released on major streaming platforms on November 29, 2024.
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Lyrics:

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Mind-blowing corking so much so that you scream out
Oh my God and Holy Moses that's genuinely mind-blowing

Listening to The Crack Band
With cans and the Beating Edge
List with Mesa and Dammo Red
Driving with The Crack Band

Crikey The Corking Crack Band
How corking is the Corking Crack Band
Psycho good the Corking Crack Band
How corking is the Corking Crack Band

Mind-blowing corking so much so that you scream out
Oh my God and Holy Moses that's genuinely mind-blowing

Crikey The Corking Crack Band
How corking is the Corking Crack Band
Psycho good The Corking Crack Band
How corking is the Corking Crack Band

How're you doing Corking Crack Band
That's from lads in The Beating Edge
How're you doing Crack Band
That's from boys in The Beating Edge

Mind-blowing corking so much so that you scream out
Oh my God and Holy Moses that's genuinely mind-blowing

Mind-blowing corking so much so that you scream out
Oh my God and Holy Moses that's genuinely mind-blowing

Listening to The Crack Band
With cans and The Beating Edge
List with Mesa and Dammo Red
Driving with The Crack Band

Listening to The Crack Band
With cans and The Beating Edge
List with Mesa and Dammo Red
Driving with The Crack Band

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Step into the nostalgic glow of ❄︎"Digital Snow,"❄︎ where the warmth of an '80s monitor contrasts with the chill of winter outside. This dreamy pop tune blurs the line between reality and pixels, capturing the beauty of a quiet, digital escape.⛇
👉Take a look at the sheet lying on the couch to the right in the waveform artwork for an intriguing sneak peek at the song we’ll be releasing in a week in collaboration with The Corking Crack Band😊 (the first of two for this Christmas!).🫵
Released on major streaming platforms on November 28, 2024.
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Lyrics:

Alone in my room, the outside's a blur
An eighties glow from my monitor
Old films play on VHS tape
But the snow outside slowly takes shape

But I don't care, it's all the same
In my world, there's a different game

Digital snow falling from the screen
Asterisks shining in a pixelated dream
Outside's cold, but I'm warm below
Lost in the beauty of this digital snow

You may howl, the streets are bare
But here I sit without a care
Thought the disc's hung, loading slow
As winter's tale outside starts to grow

These falling stars, they speak to me
My screensaver's all I need to see

Digital snow falling from the screen 
Asterisks shining in a pixelated dream
Outside's cold, but I'm warm below
Lost in the beauty of this digital snow

Alone but happy in my silent space
The digital flicks keep up their pace
They understand the way I feel 
In this empty world, they're all that's real

Digital snow falling from the screen
Asterisks shining in a pixelated dream
Outside's cold, but I'm warm below
Lost in the beauty of this digital snow

Digital snow falling from the screen
Asterisks shining in a pixelated dream
Outside's cold, but I'm warm below
Lost in the beauty of this digital snow

Let it BE Xmas

Digital Snow

Forget Me Not

Me lost too

“To The End of Days” — the fifth release by Smashing Again.

Written, composed, produced, and performed by Michel Alioscia Mazzolini (guitars, bass, vocals).  
Drums by Matteo.
All instruments and vocals recorded at home.  
Mixed and mastered by Alberto Venturini @ Città della Musica.

Inspired by the raw emotion of 90s alternative rock — think Nirvana, Babes in Toyland, and Pixies — this song blends melodic warmth with grunge textures, capturing a moment of fragile joy and unspoken longing.

🎧 100% human-made — no AI used in music or lyrics.  
🎨 Cover art: AI-generated image, graphic design by Michel Alioscia Mazzolini.

© 2025 Michel Alioscia Mazzolini — All rights reserved.  
® Smashing Again

⚠️ Unauthorized use of vocals, lyrics, audio, or cover art for AI training, datasets, or generative modeling is strictly prohibited without explicit written permission.  

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Lyrics:

TO THE END OF DAYS

Today is like a dream
I feel the sun on my skin
I lay myself on the grass
I hope today is going to last

I'm soaked in joy to the bone
Nothing can make me sway

Come on take my hand, I'm here now
Never leave your feelings behind, girl
We've always been best friends, remember
Shock me like a storm, that's long gone

To the end of days
To the end of days

What if I kissed you now
It makes me wonder anyhow
No more swifts unforeseen
All these plants are lush green

I'm soaked in joy to the bone
Nothing can make me sway

Come on take my hand, I'm here now
Never leave your feelings behind, girl
We've always been best friends, remember
Shock me like a storm, that's long gone

To the end of days
To the end of days

Come on take my hand, I'm here now
Never leave your feelings behind, girl
We've always been best friends, remember
Shock me like a storm, that's long gone

To the end of days
To the end of days
To the end of days
To the end of days
To the end of days
To the end of days

To The End of Days

A Dark Country Rock mood for a film. I recorded the guitars , drums , bass and all keyboards.

Life Of Sin

Smashing Again is the alternative rock project of Michel Alioscia, with Matteo on drums. 
Raw, authentic and original!

Music, lyrics & artwork by Michel Alioscia.
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To The End of Days

SMASHING AGAIN