Tag Archives: folk

Michael Howard on Skylight Press

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Daniel

Michael Howard is an Anglo-Irish writer, historical researcher and editor. His work has become well-known and much respected after some 38 books on witchcraft, paganism and western occultism, including various tomes on the Norse-Germanic runes, folk traditions, angelic magic, faery … Continue reading →

Posted in Esoteric, New authors | Tagged Angelology, Ben Fernee, Cunning Folk, esoteric, esotericism, Evan John Jones, Faery Lore, Feri, folk, Folklore Society, Gerald Gardner, History, Julia Philips, Magic, magic ritual, Magick, Michael Howard, Modern Wicca, Museum of WItchcraft, mythology, Nigel Jackson, Norse, Occult, occultism, pagan, Pagan Dawn, Pagan Federation, Pagan Front, Paganism, Pan Pacific Alliance, ritual, Robert Cochrane, Robert Cochrane Witchcraft Tradition, Ronald Hutton, secret societies, The Cauldron Magazine, Traditional Witchcraft, Tubal Cain, Wicca, Witchcraft | Leave a comment

Dead Can Dance and the Neoclassical Darkwave Legacy

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Daniel

Thank heavens they’re back! After a 16 year hiatus Dead Can Dance reformed to put out a new album called Anastasis, which although does not quite reach the heights of Spleen and Ideal, The Serpent’s Egg, or Aion, is still … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged 4AD, Aion, Alchymical Muse, All My Faith Lost, Amber Asylum, ambient, Anastasis, Anathema, Angels of Venice, Arabic, Arborea, Arcana, Artesia, Ashram, Ataraxia, Autumn Tears, Autumn’s Grey Solace, Aythis, Azam Ali, Bacio di Tosca, bagpipe, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Blur, Brendan Perry, Breton, Brian Eno, British Folk, Bulgaria, Bulgarian, Byzantine, Camerata Mediovalo, Carter Tutti, Celtic, Chandeen, Chaostar, Chris & Cosey, cittern, Cocteau Twins, Collection d’Arnell Andrea, Corde Oblique, Cornish, Corvus Corax, Cye Wood, Daargard, Damon Albarn, Daniel Staniforth, Dead Can Dance, Delayaman, Diary of Dreams, Die Verbannten Kinder Evas, Dracula, Dunkelschön, Elend, English, Ensemble Orphique, Estampie, Fable, Faun, Finnish, flute, folk, French Provençal, Gaelic, Galician-Portuguese, German, German Folk, Gladiator, Gorillaz, Goth, Gothic, Gregorian Chant, Halgalz’ Runedance, harp, Hedningarna, Hindi, hurdy gurdy, In the Nursery, Indian, Irfan, John Renbourn, Judeo-Spanish, Karda Estra, Klaus Schultz, Latin, Lisa Gerrard, Love is Colder than Death, Love Spirals Downwards, Loveliescrushing, Luna Trick, Madrigals, Manx, Marcello de Francisci, mediaeval, Mediaeval Baebes, Mediavolo, Medieval, Mediterranean, Mirablis, Miranda Sex Garden, Mors Syphilitica, music, Myth, Narsilion, Negradonna, neo-celtic, Neoclassical Darkwave, Neoclassicism, Niyaz, Noise, North Africa, Nox Arcana, Omnia, Ophelia’s Dream, Orchestral, Ordo Funebris, Otto Dix, pagan, Patrick Cassidy, Pentangle, Persephone, Persia, Persian, Peter Ulrich, Pieter Bourke, Plainsong, Poeta Magica, Projekt Records, Qntal, Ranja, Rebsie Fairholm, Renaissance, Schandmaul, Sephardic, Sieben, Soap&Skin, Sopor Aeternus, Spleen and ideal, Stellamara, Stille Volk, sToa, Symphonic, Tehni, the Balkans, the Caucasus, The Frozen Autumn, The Moon and the Nightspirit, The Serpent's Egg, This Ascension, This Mortal Coil, Throbbing Gristle, Tinkerscuss, Trance to the Sun, Triskillian, Trobar de Morte, Ulver, Unto Ashes, Valravn, Vas, Victorian Gothic, Welsh. Circulus, Whalerider, Within the realm of a dying sun | 2 Comments

A Review of Dr. Dee: An English Opera

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Daniel

I have always been fascinated by the Welsh mathematician, scientist, astrologer, occultist, astronomer, navigator, and angelologist – Dr. John Dee – and finally got around to listening to Dr. Dee: An English Opera by former Blur, Gorillaz, The Good the … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Music, Reviews | Tagged Alan Moore, Album review, Angels, Astrology, Astronomy, Blur, British History, Damon Albarn, dr john dee, Dr. Dee, Elizabethan, English history, English Opera, folk, Gorillaz, hermeticism, John Dee, Magic, Magus, Manchester, Manchester International Festival, Occult, Opera, Palace Theatre, period music, Psyche Folk, Renaissance, Shakespeare, Virgin Records | Leave a comment

Plakthonestrid Uru: Does Gibberish have a place in Vocal Music?

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Daniel

In a recent classroom survey to determine the most important musical elements for college students deciding whether or not to like a new song, coherent and comprehensive lyrics were given as one of the top two answers. Only one percent … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Uncategorized | Tagged abbess hildegard, alternative music, Bjork, choirs, choral music, classical music, Cocteau Twins, composers, conlang, David Bowie, Dead Can Dance, Debussy, early music, Enya, ethnomusicology, fictional languages, folk, gibberish, Hildegard von Bingem, indie music, jazz, King Crimson, language, lyrics, Medieval, music, music history, nadsat language, nonsence literature, pop songs, Ravel, rock music, Romantic Music, scat singing, Sigur Ros, sim series, singers, singing, Talking Heads, Traditional music, vocal music, vocalists, world music | 1 Comment

Skylight Authors team up on RUINS CD…

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Daniel

Daniel Staniforth and Rebsie Fairholm present ‘sonic poemscape’ readings from Margaret Randall’s new book of poetry, RUINS (University of New Mexico Press, ISBN 978-0826350671). The music features original compositions as well as Daniel and Rebsie’s arrangements of traditional melodies. About … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, Literature, Poetry | Tagged Alchymical Muse, ambient, CD, classical, Daniel Staniforth, folk, Luna Trick, Margaret Randall, music, New Mexico, peublo, poemscape, poetry, Rebecca Wilby, Rebsie Fairholm, Skylight Press, University of New Mexico Press | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: folk

Michael Howard on Skylight Press

Dead Can Dance and the Neoclassical Darkwave Legacy

A Review of Dr. Dee: An English Opera

Plakthonestrid Uru: Does Gibberish have a place in Vocal Music?

Skylight Authors team up on RUINS CD…

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