Notes on Song & Folklore
Essays on folk tradition, ancestral practice, and the stories behind the songs including the latest releases of my own music.
Jolly Old Hawk: An Old Folk Song Winter Playlist
Here’s a new winter playlist with you, full of some of my long-time cherished favorites! Here you'll find old English Wassailing songs, strange apocryphal Christmas stories, shape note hymns…
Ode To Contentment: A Shaker Song for Serenity
Here's a historic song on serenity, condemnation of the powerful, and the bliss of the feminine God.
Shaker Song: “Pretty Mother’s Home”
Singing the Shaker song “Pretty Mother’s Home” at the Meeting House of the Pleasant Hill Shaker Village (founded ca 1807).
New Protest Song: There Are More Waters Rising
“More Waters Rising” is a song that I created back in March 2016 when the HB2 bill was passed here in North Carolina. Now in the early days of the Trump administration, this song feels deeply resonant.
