The Shaking Of The Sheets: a macabre dance
Leggi in italiano In the Middle Ages to exorcise the fear of death, they danced with her, the…
Tra terra e cielo, la cultura nei paesi dei Celti
Categoria: FOLK-ROCK
River Come Down (Bamboo)
Not a traditional Caribbean song but written by Dave van Ronk who has recorded this song as 'River…
Tam Lin Movie 1972
Amazing movie by Roddy McDowall who in 1960's decided to make a modern interpretation of Ballade of Tam…
Pubblicato inFOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK-ROCK, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA MEDIEVALE/ Medieval Music, musica norrena/ Norse music
Herr Mannelig, merry me!
One of the variants on the Concealed Death subject is around a mythical creature typical of Norse folklore:…
Pubblicato inFILM, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, FOLK-ROCK, MUSICA RINASCIMENTALE/ Renaissance music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore
Staines Morris to the Maypole haste away
Staines Morris is a dance reported in "The English Dancing Master" by John Playford, first edition of 1651,…
Lovely On The Water
The ballad "Lovely on the water", collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams in the early 1900s, would seem to…
Pubblicato inFOLK INGLESE/English Folk, FOLK-ROCK, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music
A warning old song: Maiden Never Wedd An Old Man!
A Scottish humorous song, "Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man" discourages young women in marrying men…
Pubblicato inFOLK INGLESE/English Folk, FOLK-ROCK, LIBRI/Book, Outlander, TURISMO IN SCOZIA/ Scotland travelling
Outlander chapter 24: Up Among the Heather
There are a lot of Scottish folk songs that tell of romantic encounters "amang the heather" this one…
“Up, ride with the kelpie” by Ian Anderson
Ian Anderson in 1979 wrote "The Kelpie" for the concept album Stormwatch of Jethro Tull : with this…
ONDINE, SPIRITI DELL’ACQUA
Paracelso descrive l'ondina nel suo libro “De Nymphis, Sylphis, Pygmaeis et Salamandris et coeteris spiritibus” chiamandola ninfa e…
