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[graveyarddirt]

Hagging Out: December [🌟] - ALL AGES WELCOME!

Thinking about taking part? Reply to this entry - or send me a DM - and I'll add you to the list of December Hags and Haglets. 💀

bring in the holly and the ivy the laurel, bay and rosemary ever-living, evergreen deck the halls fit to be seen -- sharron kraus & friends, 'to shorten winter’s sadness'

WHO: To join this challenge you must 1.) identify as a hag (trans, non-binary, and dude Hags welcome!), and 2.) be 30 years or older ALL AGES WELCOME! (Subsequent months will revert back to 30 and older.). While not mandatory, all former participants have been some flavor of pagan or witch or Christian, so incorporating the challenge into your practice or devotional schedule isn't just tolerated, it's encouraged!

WHAT: December’s theme is “Christmas & Hanukkah & Solstice & Yule Traditions, Old & New”. Many of us engage in long-standing customs throughout the December and January holiday season - some inherited from older generations, and some spontaneously created by chance (but instantly becoming compulsory). This month we focus on personal traditions that make the season - those rituals, customs, or recipes that are synonymous with warm holiday feels.

WHERE: In the convenience of your home! Unless, of course, you want to be a bit extra. Whatever you decide to do, and wherever you decide to do it, be sure to tag your posts with #Hagging Out so fellow crones and almost-crones can follow along. (Over the past few years we've essentially strong-armed everyone else out of the tag and claimed it as our middle-aged Hag fort.)

WHEN: January 8th - January 10th! December’s challenge will run longer than usual to encompass the traditional 12 Days of Christmas (Dec 25th - Jan 6th) and Old Christmas (Jan 6th). Participating Hags and Haglets are encouraged to complete their challenge and write their entry when it suits their schedule, then pick one of the three "open" days - January 8th, 9th, or 10th - to post it.

WHY: To consolidate our strengthening crone powers and exchange tips on the best way of covering stubborn greys. And because it's occasionally nice to be social in the comfort of your own home without actually having people over.

HOW: Dinner, dessert, devotional act, and/or decking the halls (or altar) - it’s up to you! Share a meal with your ancestors using an old family recipe, resurrect an old family/childhood tradition, create a new holiday tradition, decorate a Yule Log, walk us through your solstice rites, research and engage in ancestral crafts, games, rituals, and customs of the holiday season - you get the drift. Feel free to riff and push boundaries, that’s what this is all about!

Merry Hagmas and Haggy New Year!

💀 December Hags & Haglets: @msgraveyarddirt @pagan-stitches @casa_de_cadejo @moeder-geit @aircea @hrusewif @sacrificialbull @stormcrow513 @potncoffee @woolandcoffee @ancat-dubh @crazycatsiren @windvexer @satsekhem @seekingsefirot @magnoliessence @hypomanicsatanicpanic @incense-or-cigarette-smoke @thedosianexplorer @goddess29 @welcomedmachine @wildwood-faun @henbane-and-honeysuckle @grimnirs-child

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Beakuency December 2023: The Wren Day, and looking back the 1st year of Beakuency

Listen to this episode HERE!

Photo: St Stephen's Day, Wren Boys : Three wren boys in road, Athea, Co. Limerick. (1947) from UCD Digital Library. "The custom of hunting the wren on St. Stephen's day is known throughout most of Ireland. Groups of people dressed in disguise go from house to house, singing and playing music and asking for money in return. In former times the wren-boys carried a dead wren on a bush and asked for money to "bury the wren".

Happy Wren Day! The December episode of Beakuency featured “The Wren Song” by The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Mackem, and two “Hunt the Wren” recordings: instrumental version by Manx Folk Dance Society, and a song version by Sharron Kraus.

It has been one year for this radio program Beakuency. I have learned a lot from every local bird person I spoke with for this show, but particularly inspiring were the conversations with biologists. So we listen back to excerpts from two interviews with them: Anne Bloomfield of Hudson Valley Farm Hub, and Erik Kiviat of Hudsonia.

Listen to the full interviews:

Anne Bloomfield on Beakuency March 2023 episode

Erik Kiviat on Beakuency September 2023 episode

Also on the show: bird-inspired music released in 2023, including “Birds of Spring” by Simon Joyner, Michael Krassner & Fred Lonberg Holm, “The Dream Island Of Birds” by Mike Cooper, “Pigeon Tones for Eggflute” by Ecka Mordecai & Malvern Brume from a bird-inspired compilation Synthetic Bird Music (Mappa 2023), and Jim Denley “With Weather Volume 2: Gadigal Country” (Splitrec 2023).

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(▶︎ K I N | Sharron Krausから)

K I N by Sharron Kraus

2022年10月9日リリース All songs written by Sharron Kraus, except 1, Sharron Kraus/Pat Gubler Sharron Kraus: voice, guitar, recorders, synths, programming, percussion Neal Heppleston: bass guitar and double bass Guy Whittaker: drums, programming James Street: keyboards with Nick Jonah Davis: guitar, slide guitar, lapsteel Pat Gubler: guitar and Rhodes Recorded at home and by James Street at Three Galleys Mixed at Three Galleys Mastered by Dean Honer at The Bowling GreenライセンスAll rights reserved

[theam-cjsw]

The AM: October 3, 2022

Three fairly self-contained hours this week—ambient electronics up front, shoegaze to end things off, and jazz and Latin sounds in between. The second hour is probably some of my favourite music I’ve played on the show in a while—those ‘60s and ‘70s Latin pop vibes are exactly what I need, it seems, so hopefully you feel the same. In any case, the sounds may be eclectic, but the mood is consistently dreams, so tune in and start your week right.

Stream on Soundcloud

Listen at CJSW

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Other streaming links

PS – Wordfest's Imaginarium is on now, and AM host Peter Hemminger is hosting one of the events on Thursday, October 6. Check out the full lineup at wordfest.com

Full song list after the break.

Hour One:

Return to River Inkarose • A Love Letter to Water

Prisms Ian William Craig • Music For Magnesium_173

Inner Activity The Advisory Circle • Full Circle

sadhana (a thing i do everyday) Various Artists, featuring Chenosky • Forest City Series, Vol. 5

Time Out Asta Hiroki, Tristan de Liège • Single

root voice hello moth • birds on wires

Bonsai Maria Chiara Argirò • Forest City

New Spirits Teen Daze • Single

Revolve Ian Boddy, Erik Wøllo • Revolve

Numbers & Letters Cylindricon • Zettasecond

Secret Garden (Instrumental) The Analog Girl • Awe (Instrumentals)

Hour Two:

So Ubuji Makaya McCraven • In These Times

The Green Ray Molly Lewis • Mirage

Rock Pool Sharron Kraus, Justin Hopper • Swift Wings

No Birds LT Leif • Come Back To Me, But Lightly

Hidebound Edena Gardens • Edena Gardens

Danza Con Pajaros Vytas Brenner • Hermanos

Gavilan Vytas Brenner • Hermanos

O Espelho Chico Bernardes • Chico Bernardes

Beija-me agora Os Brasas • Os Brasas

Dialoghi Iceblink • Carpet Cocoon

Come On The Garrys • Warm Buds

Parasite Bibi Club • Le Soleil et la Mer

Hour Three:

Imperial Motors Lives of Angels • Elevator To Eden

The End of Time and Space Pia Fraus • In Solarium

The Sound of Music Kiwi Jr. • Chopper

It Gets Easier Andy Bell • Flicker

Slowly Preoccupations • Arrangements

Play Ground Zoon • A Sterling Murmuration

For What Sunglaciers • Foreign Bodies

Non-Essential Worker Fujiya & Miyagi • Slight Variations

Cloud Break Applesauce Tears • Scores

Indigent Robert Diack • Small Bridges

[burlveneer-music]

The Sound Of Science - s/t LP - Castles In Space presents a set of catchy folktronic songs about science! With a super cover by Nick Taylor.

Dean Honer is a Sheffield based musician, producer and founding member of many iconic electronic music bands including The All Seeing I, I Monster, The Moonlandingz and The Eccentronic Research Council. He has worked as a producer for bands such as The Human League, Add N to X and Roisin Murphy. Kevin Pearce is a songwriter from Essex. He has received plaudits for his work from The Independent, The Guardian and Mojo magazine. His music has been used on HBO programmes in the USA as well as BBC TV shows in the UK. Dean explains the background and inspiration for the album: “The idea for The Sound of Science had been in my head for a number of years. “Being a parent of young kids I endured a lot of very cliched and awful children's songs that were attempting to combine education and entertainment. These quickly became a form of torture to me, something that the CIA might use in covert operations to flush out a drug cartel from their hideout. It became apparent that there was a desperate need for informative songs and music that were appealing and bearable for both children and their parents. “I recruited my friend Kevin Pearce, (who I have produced and collaborated with on various projects over the years), to bounce ideas off and who could put together a nice series of chords and could sing! Which helps when writing songs. Kevin is from an acoustic folk background and I'm more of a one finger synth player in the Human League tradition. I thought it would be interesting to mix the folk and electronic element together for children’s songs. “We then recruited various artists to sing on the tracks including PsychFolk singer Sharron Kraus, performance artist Heidi Kilpaleinen (HK119), synth goddess Tara Busch, artist and ex Add N to X man Steven Claydon and vocalists Liza Violet and Tom O'Hara. “Kevin and I are both interested in science and astronomy so that was the obvious direction for the album. Writing songs about various scientific subjects was interesting and a challenge. Aiming them at children meant that we didn't need a PHD for the lyrics. It became more about conveying a sense of wonder and presenting some amazing facts to audience. “In 2018 we were asked by Sheffield University to work on a live version of the album and to collaborate with some of their senior scientists on the project. This turned The Sound of Science into a live performance spectacular involving scientific experiments on stage, a live band performing the songs, plus 3D visuals created by Human in Sheffield. We performed 3 shows over two days and the reaction from kids and their parents was amazing. More festival shows due in 2020 were curtailed because of the pandemic, but we hope to get the show back on the road in 2022.” The Sound of Science is available in gatefold coloured vinyl and CD editions. The package includes an accompanying booklet beautifully designed and Illustrated by Nick Taylor for spectral-studio.co.uk All songs written and performed by Dean Honer and Kevin Pearce. Produced by Dean Honer. Vocals by Kevin Pearce, Sharron Kraus and the Verve Children's Choir of Sheffield. Featuring guest vocals by: Liza Violet - Photosynthesis (Love the Green Machines). Tom O'Hara - What Makes A Sound. Steven Claydon - Everything's Made of Atoms. HK119 - Global Warming. Tara Busch - The Solar System. Henry and Ellis Goddard - A Total Solar Eclipse. Rebecca Hammond - A Total Solar Eclipse. Science notes by Dr Nate Adams.

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[musicmakesyousmart]

Michael Tanner & Sharron Kraus - In the Rheidol Vally

Morc Records

2011

[dustedmagazine]

Listed: Nick Jonah Davis

Photo Credit: Andy Joskowski

Nick Jonah Davis lives in Derbyshire, England, which is a place where evidence of older editions of England is always easy to find. Successive eras likewise coincide in his music. Davis plays acoustic and electric guitars, drawing on both American and English folk and instrumental traditions. He has worked with like-minded folk, such as C. Joynes and Sharron Kraus, and is also an established guitar teacher and provider of therapeutic musical interventions. He’s been recording the occasional solo record since 2009, and in 2016, Dusted’s Bill Meyer had this to say about House of Dragons: “the Nottingham-based guitarist isn’t living in bifurcations of the past, and he isn’t asking us to either. Rather, he invites the listener into a world bounded by the resonance of his tunings and the vividness of his evolving melodies.” Thread Recordings is about to release a swell new LP, When the Sun Came, and Davis has compiled a list of sounds made by some of his favorite associates.

Even for solo guitarists, music is a collaborative, social thing. For this list I’ve picked some music by artists that I’ve collaborated, recorded or gigged with over the last decade or so. Members of the NJD home team.

Kogumaza — “Ursids”

WAAT048 Split 7" w/Hookworms by Kogumaza

When I lived in Nottingham, Kogumaza were my favorite band in town. They play deep, droning riff-based cosmic guitar music which draws on their backgrounds playing with local heroes like Lords, Rattle and Bob Tilton. They’ve also done their homework, having sat in with heavy hitters like Glenn Branca, Damo Suzuki and Boredoms. This tune was recorded in Nottingham, with Nathan Bell of Lungfish sitting in on bass. I was the assistant engineer on this session, and remember getting a pleasing headful of Katy Brown’s kick drum as we set up the mics. Mind-manifesting stuff.

Ex-Easter Island Head — “Large Electric Ensemble Third Movement”

Large Electric Ensemble by Ex-Easter Island Head

Liverpool’s Ex-Easter Island Head are a revelation. They repurpose electric guitars through a variety of extended techniques, with unprecedented, nourishing results. I was lucky enough to play a couple of shows as a member of their Large Electric Ensemble, a 12-guitar band powered by 1 drummer and multiple Arts Council pizzas. I learned a lot from them in terms of playing guitar with craftily-deployed allen keys and bolts. Living proof that people can and do make genuinely beautiful, ground-breaking music without being all precious and up themselves about it. Good lads.

C Joynes and the Furlong Bray — “Sang Kancil”

The Borametz Tree by C Joynes & The Furlong Bray

Joynes and I have been fellow travelers in the solo guitar realm for many years now. We’ve probably seen more of each other’s gigs than anyone else alive. I was really pleased to be invited into the making of the Borametz Tree album. Not exactly sure how you’d describe my role on that project, but it involved some bass playing, some refereeing and, in the case of this piece, heading into my cellar with Nathan Mann to process some sounds through my echo units. I really love this bizarre, swirling piece of music. It defies description and I really can’t see how it could have happened under any circumstances. Power to the Furlong Bray.

Jim Ghedi — “Bramley Moor”

A Hymn For Ancient Land by Jim Ghedi

Jim popped up a few years ago, around the same time as Toby Hay, and has been a sure source of decent sounds ever since. Jim’s initial, masterful solo guitar work has bloomed out into an exploration of both traditional folk and his own songwriting. Having sat right next to him when we played together in my village a couple of years ago, I can confirm that he has a huge, resonant chest voice. Luckily, he always commits to his guitar just as fully, as you can hear on this jaunty instrumental on which I played some weissenborn. Nathan Mann pops up again playing percussion on this one, small world…

Cath and Phil Tyler — “King Henry”

The Ox and the Ax by Cath and Phil Tyler

I first met Cath and Phil at the legendary Sin Eater festival, a 3-day weekend of fine underground music and excellent ale at an isolated pub in Shropshire. Almost everyone on this list played there actually. This is folk music as it should be played, plain and flinty with a complete focus on the song. Understatement goes a long way in this music and, I suspect because of this, Phil is one of the most criminally under-rated guitarists around. There’s a little part of me that lives for Cath’s jaw harp break at the end of this one.

Toby Hay — “Now in a Minute”

New Music For The 12 String Guitar by Toby Hay

Toby has a special place in my heart for lining me up an annual show in a cafe at the wonderful Green Man festival for the past several years, meaning my family could go for free. Here’s a near-perfect example of a miniature acoustic study from his album New Music for the 12 String Guitar. The guitar in question was custom-built for Toby by Roger Bucknall of Fylde guitars. Fylde put out the word that a label was looking for a young guitarist to make a record on a custom-built Fylde that they would commission, and I immediately suggested Toby. He rose to the occasion. Reckon he owes me a handmade guitar though; I’ll give him a nudge one of these days.

The Horse Loom — “Silver Ribbon”

The Horse Loom by The Horse Loom

Steve Malley played in post-punk bands back in the day, gigging alongside the likes of Fugazi. He later picked up a Fylde guitar and went down an acoustic rabbit hole where his love of British folk and flamenco come to the fore. The DIY-or-die roots of his playing flash an occasional fin. After we met I persuaded him to come down to Nottingham and let me record his first album in First Love studio. He did the whole thing in a day and it’s awesome. This is my favorite instrumental from that collection.

Sharron Kraus — “Sorrow’s Arrow”

Joy's Reflection is Sorrow by Sharron Kraus

I started playing shows with Sharron as we were both UK artists on the Tompkins Square label at the time, so it kind of made sense. She’s a bit of an institution in psych-folk circles and eventually I began playing on her records and at live shows, which has been a real joy. This tune features some heavy drones and an occasional splish of my lap steel. It’s classic Kraus — mournful, insightful, immersive. If you want to hear someone with a bigger brain than yours talking about the weirder side of life, check out her Preternatural Investigations podcast.

Haress — “Wind the Bobbin”

Haress by HARESS

Haress is centered around the twin electric guitar work of Liz Still and David Hand. Located in downright gorgeous rural Shropshire, they ran the Sin Eater Festival and still put out essential music on Lancashire and Somerset Records. I reckon they’ve helped me out more than anyone over the years, releasing House of Dragons on vinyl and always setting me up a show when I need one. This gorgeous piece features Nathan Bell again, this time on trumpet. Those Nathans do get around.

Burd Ellen — “Chi-Mi-Bhuam”

Chi Mi Bhuam by Burd Ellen

I first saw Debbie Armour singing with Alasdair Roberts, a good start. When I went up to play in Glasgow in 2018, I asked if she’d like to open up my show at the Glad Café, which she did, alone except for a borrowed harmonium. I was mesmerized, I think everyone was. Too good for a support slot. Here’s a Gaelic vocal piece which demonstrates exactly who we’re dealing with here, a profoundly talented and committed artist with a lifelong immersion in traditional music, using it as a springboard into something entirely her own.

[poem-today]

A poem by Helen Tookey

In the Rose Garden

She’s in the rose garden again, staring at her right arm, its pale soft underside that never gets the sun, never gets tanned.

It’s very strange, she thinks, because the veins at her wrist are greenish-blue: but the blood that’s blossoming, overblown already,

dropping fat petals on her dress, her shoes, the path with its edging of sharp pointed tiles (weathered is the word she’ll later hear

and not understand) – the blood is brilliant startling red, much redder than the clouds of dark pink roses tangled above her –

red, and at its heart a splinter, a glimpse of white, bright as the spiny shells that mark the drop from the patio, where her parents

and the others are talking, moving their mouths and making gestures, though the sound doesn’t reach her – the drop from the patio

down to the lawn, and all the way beyond to where she is, in the rose garden, staring at her right arm, its strange new blossoming.

Helen Tookey

Listen to Helen Tookey read the poem, accompanied by music from Sharron Kraus.

More poems by Helen Tookey are available on her website.

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In The Middle Of Summer · Sharron Kraus

[graveyarddirt]

Sharron Kraus: Welcome to Punkie Night

Every last Thursday in October, the villagers of Hinton St George, Somerset enjoy an ancient tradition. This is Punkie Night, an autumnal custom that welcomes travellers home as the lengthening evenings become more gloomy. It celebrates the turn of the seasons, as do many similar autumn rituals around the globe. Punkie Night starts with crafting Punkie Lanterns. As they have been for generations, lanterns are crafted from handsome mangle-wurzles and humble turnips, carved with designs that do not pierce the walls of the lantern. Punkies feature a wide range of motifs, from eerie faces to ships and unicorns. These Punkies, gently aglow from a candle or light inside, are displayed on walls and doorsteps, and carried in a parade that circles the village, whilst the Punkie Song is sung:

It's Punkie Night tonight It's Punkie Night tonight Give us a candle, give us a light It's Punkie Night tonight

It's Punkie Night tonight It's Punkie Night tonight Adam and Eve wouldn't believe It's Punkie Night tonight

See: #halloween music, #music

* Listen/purchase: Welcome to Punkie Night, by Sharron Kraus

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In Memory of John Peel Show 201027 Podcast & Playlist

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Time Song…

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"Dark Pool" by Sharron Kraus - From "Pilgrim Chants & Pastoral Trails" (2013)

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“That which walks in the Wood / Knows why it walks or why it cries...”  

01. prelude - patrick wolf 02. the rolling of the stones - the young tradition  03. the abney ritual - bare bones 04. poor murdered woman - martin carthy 05. robin is dead - sharron kraus 06. brambles - the memory band 07. through the wood - arrowwood 08. chimacum rain - linda perhacs 09. kaleidoscope - tiamat 10. within hollows - autumn grieve 11. o deep woods - solanaceae 12. thistles - twelve thousand days 13. under the willow tree - mediaeval baebes 14. watcher pt. 1 - the future kings of england 15. looking for the hermit’s cave - sharron kraus 16. the wind that cracks the leaves - in gowan ring 17. sweet william - tunng 18. funeral lullaby - arrowwood 19. the woody nightshade - sharron kraus 20. the bramble briar - the transmutations 21. who killed cock robin? - jill trinka 22. where the hazel grows - alphane moon 23. the woods - cosmo sheldrake

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[thebestoftragedy]

Something can come out of nothing

An acorn turns into an oak

Out of darkest night comes limitless light

And out of silence, the first note