From Byron’s classic poem of 1814, mixed with a few words of prison poetry by Scottish / Australian Bushranger / Highwayman / Bankrobber James Alpin McPherson (1842-1895) finished off with 3 verses from Ewan’s pen.
Salt House have been a mainstay of the folk scene for a decade. New songs that sound as if they’ve always been here. Ancient
ballads woken up. Poems given the melodies they’ve long deserved. Songs strong rooted in place, people and their shared love of the natural world. Jenny Sturgeon, Ewan MacPherson & Lauren MacColl...more
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Listening to this album's rich, beautiful melodies and spirited performances feels like seeing a fantastical other-world emerge from the Earth itself. The emotions running through "A Mermaid at Fearn" are so complex and genuine it could convince anyone that mermaids are really out there. Gyakuten
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Love the complexity of this track and the rising and falling of the violins, and the texture. Makes me want to dance.
Thank you so much for this album. I really love it, and find it really inspiring my own work on the Witchcraft Trials ❤️ tararosehip