Mass Hans låten

Here’s a tune written last winter, after a  visit to a beautiful coastal nature preserve called Odiorne State Park, where I got to see some neat looking ducks called Red-Breasted Mergansers, along with plenty of other beautiful oceanic aspects of nature.

Instruments:
Hugh Tracy karimba, glockenspiel, Burke low D tin whistle, Humphrey tin whistle, Meinl tongue drum

Red - Breasted Merganser

Another tune from us which may put you to sleep.  
*Better sound quality if heard through ear buds/headphones.   

In honor of our foundling, Billy Boy.  He's a good boy.

Lost Doggie WIP - in honor of Billy Boy

Ian Stephenson and Annlaug Børsheim kindly allowed us to record their cracking tunes Return from Helsinki and Da Lounge Bar
Ian Stephenson: https://ianstephenson.me/
Annlaug Børsheim: https://www.annlaugborsheim.no/
Recorded by Tom Evans, arranged by Ann Farrington

The Scandi Set: Return from Helsinki/Da Lounge Bar

To celebrate the spread of the Appalachian dulcimer around the world, the last Saturday in March is International Appalachian Dulcimer Day.   

We are grateful to have music friends both near and far-- friends with a shared love of music and the mountain dulcimer!

The Fledgling - for International Appalachian Dulcimer Day

I made a simple version to celebrate the eclipse.  For those in Bessie, Tennessee, USA put on your eclipse glasses and enjoy a little waltz as you watch the events.


photo see: https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=595200&picture=solar-eclipse-in-the-mountains

Tennessee Waltz

Limerick’s Lament, a Jacobean tune lamenting the defeat of the Irish-Jacobean forces at the siege of Limerick in 1691 by the forces of King William III; partnered with Nathaniel Gow's Miss Chalmers, the latter being Anne Elizabeth Chalmers, daughter of Robert Chalmers, an Edinburgh solicitor. 
The first tune is from a setting by Padraid McGovern and the second I found through Becky Taylor

Just Around the Corner

Limerick's Lament / Catherine Chalmers

The Rigadoon of Prince Hess, a Playford tune, played on a 30 button Lachenal Anglo concertina

The Rigadoon Of Prince Hess

Polska efter Frisell

The yellows and pinks here in our little corner of the world are lovely this time of year! 

Sweet Yellows and Pinks

https://soundcloud.com/ilaria_boffa/foreign-crazy-compass-ilaria-boffa

Our joint track with the Italian poet Ilaria Boffa. I don't read poetry - only sing. Her poem "Foreign" in English is read by Ilaria. It's very significant, and i subscribe to every word, as if they are mine!
At the end of the track, Ilaria’s childish voice sounds.

CRAZY COMPASS: Padua, Italy - Moscow, Russia (october 2019)
https://crazycompass.bandcamp.com/track/ilaria-boffa-foreign-with-crazy-compass

Poem, words: Ilaria Boffa @ilaria_boffa
Singing and some induction: Nata Boundariver @CrazyCompass

FOREIGN

Re-imagine, re-design, reset, rewind, restore, rebuild, recover.
Everything I felt I knew is foreign to myself.
Everything that animates me separates itself from itself.
I am the signifier, the signified, the phoneme.

(Ilaria Boffa)

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Ilaria Boffa - Foreign (with Crazy Compass)

Original compositions played upon various acoustic instruments. 

At the moment, the majority of music I record is original folk tunes. Most of these tunes arise whilst out in natural ecosystems or shortly after visiting a natural ecosystem. The titles often reflect an aspect of the ecosystem I had noticed while the tune came about. Lately this is usually a species of bird.

Tin whistles and flutes appear the most often in my recordings; though mandolin, tenor guitar, lyre harp, jaw harp, dulcitar, and a handful of other instruments show up fairly often as well.

And here's some more music I've made along with my friend Dan Jones:
https://soundcloud.com/user-453898279

Red - Breasted Merganser

Zach Schneider

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