Clik here to view.
1. Harvest Tarantella
HARVEST TARANTELLA – collected in the Sicilian highlands. Attributed to Berber mercenaries used to subjugate the interior during the 9th century Moorish conquest. Performed on the island to this day...
View ArticleClik here to view.
5. Black Rain
BLACK RAIN – origin unknown. Discovered on an unlabeled cylinder recording within the Smithsonian restricted archives.
View ArticleClik here to view.
4. Boneyard
BONEYARD – Gullah song collected in the Georgia Sea Islands. Used to teach children proper diction. Notable West African call and response and Fula hoddu –banjo-like lute.
View ArticleClik here to view.
3. Medicine Man (feat. Sadie D'Marquez)
MEDICINE MAN - from a Coptic translation of the Qoheleth.
View ArticleClik here to view.
2. Tongues of Fire
TONGUES OF FIRE – devotional song fragment. Banned from Congregational hymnals in the mid-18th century onward. Re-discovered in Ripton, Vermont in 1927 by R. Frost.
View ArticleClik here to view.
7. White Hair
WHITE HAIR – diverse versions collected in Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Northeast Kingdom work camps. Derived from the Hebridean melody, “I Long for Thy Virginitie.”
View ArticleClik here to view.
6. Carousel
CAROUSEL – sourced from a Carpathian Romani wedding anthem known as “Janissary Hora.” Based on an Ottoman fanfare popular amongst dervishes and death squads.
View Article