Heres to the State of California (based on Phil Ochs) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2026-09-23 | Heres to the State of California (based on Phil Ochs)
Hughie the Graham - Child Ballad #191 Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-03-24 | I have had the chance to sing Colin Dryden's 'Factory Lad' a few times over the past month, at the Canberra Irish Club St. Patrick's day celebration and also during the Song Swap with @PiersCawley this weekend. (You can watch the video of the song swap for a few weeks here:youtube.com/live/502TMa2Adk4 )I found a comment by @LioraC that this song, Hughie the Graham was in Colin's repertoire. Mostly likely the version that Ewan MacColl and June Tabor do:youtu.be/ujdj25BAz0oHere is the MainlyNorfolk discussion:mainlynorfolk.info/june.tabor/songs/hughiegraeme.htmlAnd a blog discussing the possible origins:http://walterscott.eu/education/ballads/reiver-ballads/hughie-the-graeme/Like many of these story ballads, it isn't clear if the story is about real people.Clan Graham history:http://www.scotlandinoils.com/clan/Clan-Graham.htmlI am using the lyrics from this 1803 Water Scott collection: archive.org/details/bib_fict_4103475_3Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
St Columbas Derry (Colmcille) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-03-21 | I have been reading through some of the poetry attributed to St Columba in this book by Robert Farren from 1943:archive.org/details/thismanwasirelan0000unseFor this song I have used the words from the 1857 'Life of St. Columba':archive.org/details/lifeofstcolumbaf0000adamThis poem appears in several translations in different verse orders, and may well have been written down long after Colm's death. The changes are just to give a rhyming structure.I have a distance uncle, Wallace Clark, who was involved in the recreation of the exile journey of Columba from Derry to Iona around 563AD:youtube.com/watch?v=TB3_GWUUUZc#Ireland #Orthodox #StColumba #Iona #Derry #Colmcille Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
The Farting Ass Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-03-17 | We lost Les Barker in January last year. I really miss his irreverent, insightful and slanted take on the world. It would be wonderful to have a fraction of his talent for parody. I was thinking of Les when this monstrosity imposed itself on me today, while I was driving to play a set at the Irish Club in Canberra for St. Patrick's day (many thanks to the friendly crowd). #LesBarker #Irish #StPatricks #PartingGlass #Ireland Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Im Tired by Phil Ochs (Cover, portrait painting) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-03-15 | Last night I finished an album of Phil Ochs covers, but can't publish it until I find $US 177 to pay for the Mechanical License. #PhilOchs #Painting Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Rhythms of Revolution by Phil Ochs (Cover) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-03-14 | On one of the Phil Ochs Facebook groups a link to this songbook was posted by Paco Vila Marqués:celebratingphilochs.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/phil-ochs-the-war-is-over.pdf(warning: nude women and subversive songs in the book)People call this 'Ringing of Revolution' but the title in the songbook is what I have used. Images are all from the songbook. #PhilOchs #Revolution Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
My Prayer for You by Ethna Carbery Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-03-13 | I found this blessing while going through the other poems in The Four Winds of Eirinn, written by Ethna Carbery (Anna MacManus). Words to the poem here:poetrynook.com/poem/my-prayer-2Apparently Charlotte Milligan Fox set these words to music, but I can't find copies anywhere: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Milligan_Fox#Ireland #IrishBlessing Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Mo Chraoibhin Cno by Anna MacManus Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-03-12 | For St. Patrick's Day this year I am setting to music this beautiful poem by Anna MacManus (writing as Ethna Carbery), published in 1902 in 'The Four Winds of Eirinn':archive.org/details/fourwindsofeirin00macmrichAnna's work was published by her husband, Seumas MacManus, she died just one year after they were married.Anna was involved in the nationalist monthly, The Shan Van Vocht, and was also a founding member of Inghinidhe na hÉireann:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethna_Carbery'Mo Chraoibhin Cno' translates to 'my tree nuts', but is being used here in the poem as a pet name for Ireland, and can also refer to someone with brown hair. Anna may have read the poem by the same name written by Edward Walsh, referenced in this 1853 book:archive.org/details/transactionsofos40ossiA blog post about Anna's work:treasonfelony.wordpress.com/2019/03/05/ethna-carbery-and-the-disappearance-of-many-northern-cultural-figures-from-the-literary-history-of-ireland#Ireland #stpatricksday #stpatricks Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
The Light-Ship by Leslie Fish Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-03-11 | A very happy birthday to Leslie Fish! (@lesliefish4753)It has been an honor over the past 12 months to both release an album of covers of Leslie's work and also to help in some small way with the preservation of the immense body of work that Leslie has contributed to Filk, Pagan Music, Topical Songs, Feminism and other genres. This song is better known for the version by Julia Ecklar, Catherine Cook and Joey Shoji that appeared on Minus Ten and Counting:fanlore.org/wiki/Minus_Ten_and_Counting:_Songs_of_the_Space_Age_(filk_songbook)The thumbnail is from some real present-day research on this concept:advancedsciencenews.com/science-fiction-to-reality-space-based-solar-powerImages are all the album covers, not in any particular order. Many available here:prometheus-music.com/product/sea-of-dreams-leslie-fishI checked the recording of Leslie made by Speakcarrier (@GhostFox. ) in October last year to confirm that the tune is a mash up of 'Rolling Down to Old Maui' and the hymn, 'Sweet Hope of Glory'.#Filk Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Lay Your Truth Bombs on Me (ABBA Parody) #Sweden #NATO Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-03-09 | Ending a policy of neutrality since 1812, Sweden has joined NATO. The monumentally alarming implications of this change are not possible to under-state. We are living in terrible times.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_neutrality#Russia #NATO #Sweden Here is the ABBA original:youtube.com/watch?v=2seCB54Bv-cPurchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
International Womens Day - #IllusionsofProgress Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-03-08 | It's International Women's Day again, I was inspired by this podcast from @ItsNotAboutTheMoneyAus :youtu.be/BsbOEGhLTtgHere is the UN site for Women's Day:unwomen.org/en/get-involved/international-womens-dayAustralian stats are from 2019, here:https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp2021/Quick_Guides/Wages#IWD2024 #internationalwomensday Chords and lyrics:folklounge.org/portfolio/womens-day-illusions-of-progressPurchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Shen Yun Dancer Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-03-06 | Whenever Shen Yun comes to Canberra, we make a point of trying to get along to the performance. We saw the 2024 show last night, it was fabulous as always. I wrote this song for the dancers and the incredible skill they develop and the important mission they are on.Twirling colour, graceful hands,Beauty spread through all the lands,Strength and honour,Message true,A wish from my own heart to you, Years of practice, diamond will,Limbs are liquid, mind is still,Tumble, leap andspin and roll, Help recover China’s soul.Travel far from friends and home,Bringing joy, where ere we roam,Dancing in,The way divine,Footsteps light and costume fine,Forced to flee our native land,From Communisms brutal hand,Here to shine,Light on the lies,Stories tell evil’s demise,Many folks who attend the Shen Yun shows may not be aware of the fact that this dance company exists mostly to combat the brutal suppression of Falun Gong in China. Many of the dancers and musicians have close family members who have been imprisoned, tortured or killed for their connection with this peaceful spiritual practice.I don't own any of the images, they are all from the Shen Yun website:shenyun.org#ShenYun
Ceasefire by Colum Sands (Cover) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-03-03 | While Colum wrote this song in relation to the Troubles in Belfast, it applies so well to the current conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza and everywhere in the world that violence tramples reason. http://www.troublesarchive.com/artforms/traditional-music/piece/ceasefireCheck out more of Colum's fabulous work on Bandcamp:columsands.bandcamp.com/musicThis song is on 'All My Winding Journeys' which isn't on Bandcamp yet, but you can listen here:music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kG6ZIWZUlYf3hBJ4VGElOByDPoS1RqELU&si=NFtnW5yCktlFHRQu#Ceasefire Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Rose the Red and Lily the White - Child Ballad #103 Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-03-02 | This song that appears in the Child collection as variant C of this ballad also appears in Alexander Whitelaw's 1875 book of Scottish Ballads:archive.org/details/bookofscottishba00whi/page/134Here Raymond Crooke ( @raymondcrooke ) sings the A (or B?) variant:youtube.com/watch?v=NzMAPxf7oMIAll three Child variants here:sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch103.htmThe variant I am singing leaves out the interaction with their step-mother's sons, and jumps straight to every young ladies' fantasy of being impregnated in the forest by Robin Hood to spite their mother-in-law. Painting is by Thomas Frank Heaphy (1813-1873).#RobinHood #ChildBallads Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
So Long (All Coiled Down) by Cicely Fox Smith Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-29 | Local shanty singer Don Brian sang this for us around the fire last year on one of the evenings of our Irish music festival.The poem, by Cicely, was published in 'Ships and Folks' in 1920:archive.org/details/shipsfolks00smituoft/page/68This tune is by Alan Fitzsimmons, according to Charlie Ipcar's page:charlieipcar.com/lyrics/so_long.htmRope photos from Pixabay, barrel from Gencraft.#Shanty Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
FAWM Song Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-28 | I've never participated in the February Album Writing Month ( @fawmchallenge ) before. The idea of songwriting to a schedule or a set topic makes me feel all sorts of uncomfortable. By chance, I had already written 13 songs this February, so at the prompting of Deirdre (write.fawm.org/@wylddandelyon) I created a #FAWM account and put my 13 songs up on the site, and wrote this additional FAWM-Meta song. You can hear them all here:write.fawm.org/@danielkellyPurchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Odys Landing Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-26 | A song for Odysseus, let's hope someone helps him up soon!I don't condone excessive drinking, especially if you are heavy machinery.Footage from Intuitive Machines:youtu.be/9DDg-DsJaRc#Odysseus #IntuitiveMachines #NASA #Filk #Ukulele Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Huginn and Muninn Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-25 | This was the main source I used to write a song for Odin's raven's, Huginn and Muninn:norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/others/hugin-and-muninThe image is from this 1890 book by Mary Litchfield, The Nine Worlds:archive.org/details/nineworldsstorie00litc_1Videos from Pexels and Pixabay.I didn't have anything to make a rattle sound, so I constructed a Sistrum from things lying around the shed. #Odin #Pagan #Huginn #Muninn Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Take Its Own Time by Karine Polwart (Cover) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-22 | I delight in the little serendipities of life. I found out today that the wonderfulsongwriter Lauren Oxford (who I met briefly at OVFF last October) was in the UK this month for a filk festival and got to see Karine Polwart (@karinepolwart) sing live!I can't remember how I discovered Karine, I think it was on a Scottish folk compilation I bought back when I had a folk show on community radio around 2011. Karine's songwriting is amazing, you can listen to this track on Bandcamp:karinepolwart.bandcamp.com/album/scribbled-in-chalkIn honor of the fabulous harmonies that Lauren and her band (The Starlight Darlins @thestarlightdarlins ) sing, I've had a go at some on this cover. Check out their video for the 2024 Tiny Desk Contest!youtube.com/watch?v=LGTWYVGCbp4Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Avatar State (The Last Airbender) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-21 | Very excited for the new live-action series!Let's hope it lives up to the original.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar%3A_The_Last_Airbender#ATLA #Avatar #TheLastAirbender Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Buy My Shoes!!! Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-20 | Do you have a spare US $400?boingboing.net/2024/02/18/400-gold-trump-sneakers-sell-out-instantly.html#Sneakers #Trump Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Alexei Navalny - Алексей Навальный (song) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-18 | It is surprising that Alexei Navalny managed to defy the tyrant of Russia for as many years as he did, despite several assassination attempts and frequent imprisonment.Photos from Alexei's Wikipedia page:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Navalnyby Mitya Aleshkovskiy (CCA SA 2.0) and NoJin (CCA SA 4.0)Detail on the Zelyonka Attacks (green dye):en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelyonka_attackAnd on Navalny's Sakharov Prize: (archived)web.archive.org/web/20211021091245/europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/priorities/sakharov-2021/20211014IPR14915/alexei-navalny-awarded-the-european-parliament-s-2021-sakharov-prizeChords and Lyrics:folklounge.org/portfolio/alexei-navalny#Navalny #Russia #Putin #Ukraine Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Yass on the Boil (acoustic version) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-16 | I made a rough 'in the car' recording of this earlier today:youtu.be/ThCAjSPmIWEbut also wanted to do a version with guitar. Here is the story:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-15/yass-murrumbateman-told-not-to-drink-tap-water/103469214I don't make the corruption claim flippantly, it was documented.https://www.governmentnews.com.au/new-corruption-scandal-hits-14-nsw-councils/Here are the lyrics:Well I recently moved to this nice little town,But I’ve heard a rumour that’s going round,That they boil their water out here folks, They boil their water out here.I said to a gentleman how could that be,Is it not the 21st century,Why boil your water out here Sir?Why boil your water out here.He said well the water to drink isn’t fit,And if you look closely it’s all full of Shale,So boil your water out here lad,So boil your water out here.I said does the town have no councillors mate,Or a water department that governs the state,The reason’s I’d quite like to hear, SirThe reasons’ I’d quite like to hear, There was council corruption not so long ago,And the government promises they come and go,So boil your water out here lad,So boil your water out here.So if you should come to a town they call Yass,Beware of the liquid that goes in your glass, And boil you water out here, FolksYes boil water out here.Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Yass on the Boil (again) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-16 | Disappointed to still be doing songs about this 5 years on. https://aboutregional.com.au/boil-water-alert-issued-for-yass-valley-until-further-notice/444863/#Yass
The Poets Den Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-14 | I have been joining Malcolm Guite for his fabulous 'Spells the Library' since they began during the Covid lockdowns in 2020. As a lover of Tolkien and Lewis and the old English colleges, it has been a fabulous, magical, and enriching journey. After enjoying this week's visit:youtube.com/watch?v=mbdJwtZIjJ8which featured this beautiful pipe:meerschaummarket.com/srv-eagles-claw-block-meerschaum-pipe-with-fitted-case-m2257I thought it was time to write a thank-you poem:allpoetry.com/poem/17641808-The-Poet-s-Den-by-YassladAs I've no gift for reading poetry, I've sung the words here.Malcolm's blog:malcolmguite.wordpress.com
Skalds and Shadows by Blind Guardian (Cover) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-14 | Would you believe that Questfest is coming back for 2024!Follow Karl and Girthsword Promotions (@girthswordpromotions6666) on Facebook for details as they unfold: facebook.com/girthswordpromotionsHere are Blind Guardian (@blindguardian) rehearsing this song:youtube.com/watch?v=tBeHOzOl554Maybe we can get them to play Questfest???Guitar playing elves from Gencraft. #BlindGuardian #GirthswordPromotions #Questfest Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Skellig by Loreena McKennitt Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-12 | An original song by Loreena McKennitt from her beautiful 'The Book of Secrets' album (that I recall buying when it first came out). Here is the original:youtube.com/watch?v=T4an5s9GQscPhotos from Pixabay. Book of Kells pages from here:https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/hm50tr726Skellig was where they filmed Luke Skywalker's exile on Ahch-To (bless you) in The Force Awakens:https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/hm50tr726Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Flerken Frustration Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-11 | I watched 'The Marvels' with the kids this weekend, loved it!I've avoid putting a spoiler in the verses. Lyrics and chords here:folklounge.org/portfolio/flerken-frustrationFlerken lore:marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Flerken#filk #marvel #captainmarvel #themarvels #ukulele Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Shadow-Bride by J.R.R. Tolkien Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-10 | I didn't realize what a fabulous book, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is!archive.org/details/isbn_001729293Prompted today by the reading @MalcolmGuitespell uploaded today:youtube.com/watch?v=d6P01SDkN1EThis poem has a strong feeling of the Hades and Persephone story:greekmyths-greekmythology.com/myth-of-hades-and-persephoneImages generated from gencraft.com. Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Skull and Bones Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-08 | No doubt the publication of a new pirating video game by #Ubisoft will bring a few more people to the joys of shanty singing. Footage from the game trailer by IGN:youtube.com/watch?v=92s2vYr1p3sIf you are into shanties, check out the sub-reddit:reddit.com/r/seashanties#SkullAndBones #shanties #pirates Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Teardrops at the Fox New Bar (Taylor Swift Parody) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-07 | Congratulations to #TaylorSwift on an incredible achievement at the #Grammys and also on sending the right wing media empire into a flap!bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68200933This parody is based on:youtu.be/xKCek6_dB0M#Trump #FoxNews #Parody
The Lone Pilgrim Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-06 | I'm not sure what prompted Bob Dylan to record this on his 1993 album, World Gone Wrong. Possibly because Doc Watson had recorded it.The song is said to be about Joseph Thomas, the White Pilgrim:therestorationmovement.com/_states/nj/thomas.htmVariously claimed by Benjamin Franklin White:archive.org/details/spiritualfolkson00jack/page/46And William Walker:archive.org/details/imslp-southern-harmony-walker-william/page/n259And the tune referenced as Braes o' Balquidder.Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Mirror of Desire from HuffGryffinClaw Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-06 | Purchase this album:ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/album/huffgryffinclaw#Hogwarts #HarryPotter #WizardRockPhoto from Wikipedia by Harshlight, 2016. (CCA 2.0)
Cheese Paradise Lost (A Tragedy in Dickson) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-05 | My song response to a photo on the Canberra subreddit:reddit.com/r/canberra/comments/1aif2gh/horrific_accident_in_dickson_alleyway(Photo by u/NotThatMat) In case you aren't familiar with the Australian snack food (or jewelry item):en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheezels#Cheezels #Canberra #Dickson Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Azure Dragon of the East - 東方青龍 Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-04 | The Lunar New Year is coming soon, meaning a shift to the Wood Dragon for the first time in 60 years. The Azure (Blue/Green) dragon is one of the five directional Dragon Gods:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_DragonAnd it also featured on the pre-Communist symbol of China:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Symbols_national_emblemIt is said that Shan Xiongxin was an incarnated version of the Azure Dragon:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shan_XiongxinChorus words mean, "Bluegreen Dragon of the East", 東方青龍, Dōngfāng Qīnglóng. Happy Lunar New Year 2024!Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Gildery Lockhart - from HuffGryffinClaw #filk #ukulele #music Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-04 | New Filk/Wizard Rock album: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/album/huffgryffinclaw
Mirror of Desire Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-02-01 | The Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling certainly upset the Christian Right, and was probably seen as a bit of fun by most. However, the themesin the series are actually very significant. This song is about the 'Mirror of Erised', which shows you as you want to be (or desire to be). The perfectly content person would see themselves just as they are, but others will see what they want to be.As someone with a Buddhist outlook on life, this algins nicely with the goal of 'non-attachment'. Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Pocketses Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-31 | This is what was in Harry's pocket:harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Philosopher%27s_StoneI not sure if it is sad or hilarious that Scholastic thought American children (and adults?) didn't know what a philosopher was.#HarryPotter #Filk #Wizardrock Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
HuffGryffinClaw Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-30 | If you aren't a Harry Potter fan this will make no sense to you.But if you are, what house are you?#Gryffindor #Ravenclaw #Hufflepuff NOT #Slytherin Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Dudley Dursley Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-29 | This #ukulele #HarryPotter thing is fun!More about Dudley from Smeltings:harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Smeltings_AcademyPurchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Gilderoy Lockhart Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-28 | The best Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher ever!(just ask him)For those who have never read or watched Harry Potter:villains.fandom.com/wiki/Gilderoy_Lockhart#HarryPotter #Filk #WRock #WizardRock #ukulele Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Requiem for Ingenuity Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-26 | This morning I was listening to the NASA/JPL Livestream announcing that the #Ingenuity drone had likely experienced rotor damage on landing and won't fly again. Details here:mars.nasa.gov/news/9540/after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-endsThere is no under-stating how far this Mars drone went beyond expectations. Congratulations to NASA/JPL and a well deserved rest to Ingenuity on the red planet.All video and images from nasa.gov.#NASA #Ukulele #JPL #MarsMission #Filk Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
My Lagan Love by Joseph Campbell Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-25 | This song appears in the 1904 collection 'Songs of Uladh', attributed to Joseph Campbell:https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:312589Details on Joseph:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell_(poet)Recording this after hearing a song that Summer (@SummerRussell ) put up on Facebook today:https://fb.watch/pO4PHKLnEk/Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
A Mans a Man for a That by Robert Burns Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-24 | A small window into how I come to picks songs to record.I was wondering why my recording of Brose and Butter was getting more views than usual:youtu.be/AgfCMZb3UTwThen I was listening to Selena Fox (@CircleSanctuary) talk about Imbolc and Brigid (after yesterday's song):youtube.com/watch?v=w5IFuQftU5USelena mentioned that Burns night is quite close to Imbolc (25th Jan, vs 1st Feb). Which was when I put the two things together.Then I remembered that in the Alistair Hulett concert that John (@sparky2086 ) uploaded last week, there is a great rendition of this Burn's song (at the very end of the concert, and sadly cut short).So that is why I'm recording Robert Burns' anthem for equality of man from 1795:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man%27s_A_Man_for_A%27_ThatBurns was a poor farmer, and while the gentry tolerated him while he was an entertaining oddity, they soon stamped on his rise to power and wealth when they figured out he was often mocking them.No doubt this song will be sung at many a Burns Night around the world tomorrow.The last verse 'Shall bear the gree' translates to 'shall take the prize'. Which is interesting language, given the Communist/Socialist/Anarchist anthem 'The Internationale' was not going to be written for another hundred years and Karl Marx would not be born for another 23 years.And for some added serendipity, the painting of Burns in the thumbnail is by Alexander Nasmyth, who was the father of James Nasmyth whose Steam Hammer was the subject of my Anvil song last week.Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Brigid Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-23 | A song for Brigid, goddess of Ireland. Brigid's day is coming up soon 31 Jan / 1 Feb, coinciding with Imbolc.Paintings by John Duncan, from Wikipedia page:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrigidA good introduction to Brigid by @MoonBooksPublishing here: youtube.com/watch?v=m199tcQ8aeMLyrics here:folklounge.org/portfolio/brigidPurchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Portugal Beach by Tony Eardley (Cover) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-22 | This song by Tony Eardley has had mesmerized me since I first heard Tony sing it live at the Australian National Folk Festival in 2008. The album Desire Lines was not easy to get, and I was very fortunate that Tony agreed to meet me in the Blue Mountains so I could purchase a physical copy over 10 years ago.I love this song for the evocative language, the poignant tune and the sweet sense of nostalgia and growth. Luckily now you can purchase this brilliant album on Bandcamp:tonyeardley.bandcamp.com/album/desire-linesI can't find a real 'Portugal' beach in Cornwall, possibly a pet name for Porthcrno or Portscatho beaches? In any case, I used photos of the top 10 beaches in Cornwall:au.hotels.com/go/england/best-beaches-cornwallPurchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Chords of Fame by Phil Ochs (Cover) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-20 | Someone posted this short video commentary (by @TalkingDots) about Phil Ochs on the Facebook group:youtube.com/watch?v=DRB1_nF4Xu8Got me thinking about this song by Phil. There is a highly produced version on the 1970 'Greatest Hits' album (which was ironically full of all new material).But my favourite recording by Phil is this one that he did with John Lennon in 1971: youtube.com/watch?v=kKIXd8eZCDkJohn Lennon would be murdered by a fanatic just 9 years later.Leslie Fish ( @lesliefish4753 ) wrote this brilliant song for Phil, that I won't try to cover because it's just fabulous as it is:youtube.com/watch?v=QL3UcWLS0n8#ChordsofFame #PhilOchs Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Beautiful Birds by Passenger (Cover) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-18 | This beautiful song from 'Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea' was on the Mike Rosenberg random play this morning.Here is the original (@passengermusic):youtube.com/watch?v=M2RHLZQbZCUPictures of beautiful birds from pixabay.Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Double Trouble from Fire Saga (Ukulele Cover) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-17 | You know what time of year it is! Getting ready for Eurovision 2024!Videos from Pixabay.Song details here:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Trouble_(Will_Ferrell_and_My_Marianne_song)#Eurovision #FireSaga #WillFerrell #RachelMcAdams #Ukulele Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Bowning Public School (song for the 175th anniversary) Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-16 | Barry O'Mara from Yass asked if I would write something to commemorate 175 years of the Bowning Public School. Alexander Mackay and his Inn are mentioned in this Dec 1850 edition of the NSW People's Advocate, on the occasion of a visit by the Governor:https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/251539670The school had only be open for less than a year and Alexander's seven year old daughter is reciting for the Governor.This might be the same Mackay having a run-in with Ben Hall's gang in 1865:https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60568232This 1850 article mentions the establishment of the school in October 1849, and the use of Mackay's building:https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101730867Thanks to Barry for the lend of the 125th Anniversary book:https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1253267#Bowning #Yass Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
Glenlogie (Jean o Bethelnie) - Child Ballad #238 Daniel Kelly Folk Music 2024-01-13 | In a few weeks it will be 14 years since the passing of Scottish songwriter, activist and ballad interpreter, Alistair Hulett. This song appear in a concert from 1984 recently uploaded by John Hamill (@sparky2086 ):youtu.be/xa-952x45DM(At around 1hour 20 minutes, but the whole concert is great)Here is the MainlyNorfolk page for the ballad:mainlynorfolk.info/shirley.collins/songs/glenlogie.htmlAnd a version sung by John Strachan, collected by Lomax and Henderson in 1951:youtu.be/GUOt5slO8mQThe words I am singing are mostly from this 1904 book which claims the 'A' version is from 1802, with the earliest reference in 1768. I have added a few verses from the 'B' version. archive.org/details/englishscottishp00unse/page/538I can't find any other claim to link the ballad anywhere, but there were a John and Jean married in 1626:Lady Jane Campbell:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Campbell,_Viscountess_KenmureJohn Gordon, 1st Viscount of Kenmure. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gordon,_1st_Viscount_of_KenmureThe seem to fit the story. With 9 variants in the Child collection, it would seem likely that this was about a real event:sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch238.htmBanchory (north east Scotland) is a fair way from Kenmure castle, but not inconceivable that John Gordon would have been there.Some more research on this ballad:folklounge.org/who-was-the-hero-of-glenlogie#Scotland #ChildBallads Purchase my music:Bandcamp: ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com
