Where have been? Working, working BUT some music has stopped me in my tracks and I just have to take time out to blog it.
Last Saturday was my ma's 75th birthday and so my sis and I took her out for the day. She is recovering from a heart attack earlier in January and doing mighty well so we took her to Compton Verney, an arts house as such with magnificent Capability Brown gardens.
They had an English Folk day on with exhibitions etc. We got a ride in a fantastic horse drawn carriage and enjoyed a nice lunch. It was so good and so special just the 3 of us, all that's left of our immediate close family.
But the real treat was a 45 minute set by the English Acoustic Collective. They played music that is the very roots of our musical heritage, many of the tumes being over 500 years old. It simply blew me away and many of the tunes resonated so deeply I can hear them now.
There are 3 members, 2 violins and a concertina and a vocalist. Some of the tunes were early Morris music and the vocalist, Chris Wood explained the origins of the earthyness and darkness of Morris music.
They also compose. The shop was selling a CD called Ghosts which, of course, I immediately purchased and track one is called Copernicus which I can't stop playing. Another track St george's Day/Cuckoo's Nest just puts you in such a good place!
It was all so 'special'. Special to hear REAL music, special to remember where all our music came from, special to be sitting in such an exquisite English country home and have this music played for us.
And mum, well she went home tired and uplifted with new music in her heart.
Sis and Ma
We Walk This World In Music
Chris Wood
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