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Folk, polyphony, vocal.

This is a collection of welcoming wassails, songs of solstice and music for midwinter, performed in English, Occitan and Lithuanian. Windborne brings this collection of songs to life through evocative stories and their heavenly harmonies.

Windborne’s signature four-part vocal harmonies are their star attraction. With a twenty-year background studying polyphonic music around the world, Lauren Breunig, Jeremy Carter-Gordon, Lynn Rowan, and Will Rowan effortlessly shift between different styles of music on a journey that spans continents and centuries, illuminating and expanding on the profound power and variation of the human voice.

For centuries, communities have gathered at this coldest time of the year to sing, celebrate and share the stories of the past as Windborne share in their own words: “The season of midwinter was rich with song and tradition in the folk communities of New England where we were raised. Friends would gather to celebrate the light and warmth of sharing space with one another, and to revel in the sound of voices raised in harmony. In our households, putting on the “holiday music” meant albums filled with wassails, songs of the Winter Solstice, old English carols, and other music you’d never hear at the mall…Music came from a variety of midwinter customs like house-to-house visiting and singing back the sun on Solstice morning as we marked the turning of the year.”

"Windborne have an almost supernatural grasp of harmony singing, and To Warm the Winter Hearth is an impressive, evocative work of art." KLOF
 
"The high commitment level and persuasiveness of the four singers – Lauren Breunig, Jeremy Carter-Gordon and Lynn and Will Rowan – runs through everything they do." theartsdesk.com

Tracks:
01 - Here We Come a-Wassailing
02 - The Boar’s Head Carol
03 - Come and I Will Sing You
04 - Malpas Wassail
05 - Aisim Bernai Kaledaut
06 - The Holy Holly
07 - The Cherry Tree Carol
08 - Satan Es Ben Estonat _ Lo Paure Satan
09 - Time to Remember the Poor
10 - The Derby Ram
11 - Welcome in Another Year
12 - The Turning Year

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen. Oh ja, MP3 doe ik niet aan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBg7IOblZes