Villager / Wallflower
Villager A novel by Tom Cox It’s a heavy day, and it hangs all over me. I’m deep in it. I’m so far in it, I’m technically invisible, unless you’re extremely near to me, and very…
Hunter Moon
https://youtu.be/H9XTClNTwg0 Words and Tune by Kate Rusby katerusby.com I was imagining the moon being in love with the sun. But he can never catch her and he can never tell her. Softly the morning light, Softly…
One Circle More
Is the spiral the shape of life? From our DNA to galaxies, spirals permeate nature at every level. Spirals are found in algae, flowers, pine cones, shells, vines. Nature often moves in spirals — draining water,…
Whippoorwill
LISTEN to Diana Thornton and Beth Patterson perform live Walk With Me by Diana ThorntonMusic and Lyrics ©Diana Thornton Come dance in the willows, the moon is still high. The world is asleep, there’s no one…
Narius
Walk With Me by Diana Thorntonby Luna Madden, 2nd High Priestess, Nida Order of the Lowlands of Molish. English translation by Danzi Highwood. An allegorical drama inspired by playing the ancient music of Hildegard von Zemik…
Lullaby Behind the Lines
Sleep, sleep, my baby dear Don’t cry, or they’ll know that we’re hiding down here And when it is safe, we will hurry for the plane And you’ll never remember the war The sounds of the…
Not Your War
Ukrainian mega rock band Okean Elzy’s 2015 song “Not Your War” is taking on new meaning as Russia invades Ukraine yet again and the rest of the world watches. It starts out with the line “Battle…
Ukrainian National Anthem
Ukraine’s freedom has not yet perished, nor has her glory, Upon us, fellow Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more. Our enemies will vanish like dew in the sun, And we too shall rule, brothers, in a…
Imagine
https://youtu.be/S40i4NZR0pQ No, this is not Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but it's good anyway.
Before the war … we were just people.
Performed by Marina Krut with the Khmelnitsky Municipal ChoirTranslated from Ukranian by Google Translate (apologies for any errors)Before the war, we were all musicians, singers, artists, dancers, and just people. We are all volunteers now. We…
Lord Have Mercy (Ukraine Version)
Gina rewrote one of her songs for Ukraine. Based out of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Gina is an amazing fiddle player and a powerful songwriter who writes and sings with deep passion directly from her soul.…
The Lumberjack
THE LUMBERJACK started as a song written by Beau Gray and performed by his fiddle rock band, Lexington Field. They originally recorded the song for their 2018 album, Dreamers. Inspired by his two sons, Oliver and…
Amziecaster
I ran into kid red the other day and he was playing a very interesting guitar painted with some wild art. When I asked him about it he answered in guitarese: “It all started,” he explained,…
Dragonfly
A living flash of light Music to read by: Urban Driftwood by Yasmin Williams [caption id="attachment_832" align="aligncenter" width="662"] You can actually see his little legs folded up under him. Photo by Diana Thornton. www.photos.dianathornton.com[/caption] These Paleozoic-era…
SAM PRICE & THE TRUE BELIEVERS
SAM PRICE & THE TRUE BELIEVERS is a funky roots band that is all Southern and all Louisiana in its beats and mellow soulful groove. Dragonfly is Sam’s first full-length release under his name after years…