January 2019, looking for a new sound and a new project - after completing Other Islands: 2012-2018. https://youtu.be/3h0GOqaHDPY It's a poem by John Collie (1834-1893), my great-great-grandfather from his book Poems and Lyrics in the English and Scotch Dialects, published in Scotland in 1856 John Collie emigrated to New Zealand in 1858. This poem seems … Continue reading The Land of My Youth (by John Collie, 1856), January 2019 demo
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The Blast of a Wintry Day (by John Collie, 1856)
A song written by my great-great-grandfather John Collie, in Banffshire, Scotland, in 1856. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fytSLLBMDhs&list=PLtbrBpNjlOHM1vCfC-ABTrLuBRer6MBsv It also appeared on Other Islands: 2012-2018 Where it marked a return to my solo acoustic approach of early years. lyrics THE BLAST OF A WINTRY DAY. THE cauld blast of winter Is howling o’er the moor; The groves which smiled … Continue reading The Blast of a Wintry Day (by John Collie, 1856)
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