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Short version:
Have you read Terri Windling's Tunes for a Monday Morning posts and gone "Hey, I wish all of that were in a playlist?"
If so, here is a Spotify playlist answering that desire. "Tunes for a Monday Morning - Terri Windling"
Longer version:
Since 2008, Terri Windling has been sharing a few songs every Monday on her blog, under the name "Tunes for a Monday Morning". Terri is author and editor of many works, with a particular interest in myth, fairy tales, and folklore. Her Wood Wife remains a book I come back to regularlly.
She draws for these posts from material available via YouTube, including live shows and other performances (some of which are no longer available, or geo-locked). She lives in Dartmoor, and many of the musicians she references are local to her, or she's seen at various in person performances.
The majority of the music is British folk, folk revival, into folk rock, but there's also a solid selection of music from Scandinavia and continental Europe in there, orchestral music (both historical and contemporary), American bluegrass, and music from a wide range of other genres and traditions. She often chooses a theme, and her commentary is often as interesting and glorious for me as the music itself.
I pulled it together specifically because I'd like to be a bit more deliberate about expanding some of my musical horizons, and this is a great mix of 'stuff I know I love' and 'stuff I'm pretty sure I'll like' in a format I can have on while I'm doing other things on the computer.
A few practical details
- Not everything was on Spotify (and in some cases, some albums by an artist are, but not the one I needed.) So there are gaps, we resign ourselves to the imperfection of existence.
- I plan to keep this up, but may have weeks where I don't remember to do it, don't do it until late in the week, etc. because of the realities of schedules, life, time zone differences, etc.
( And a few other minor notes )
This is a rare public entry in my journal, so people can ask questions as needed. Please give me a name I can call you (and so we can keep track of who's who) if you're posting anon.
Have you read Terri Windling's Tunes for a Monday Morning posts and gone "Hey, I wish all of that were in a playlist?"
If so, here is a Spotify playlist answering that desire. "Tunes for a Monday Morning - Terri Windling"
Longer version:
Since 2008, Terri Windling has been sharing a few songs every Monday on her blog, under the name "Tunes for a Monday Morning". Terri is author and editor of many works, with a particular interest in myth, fairy tales, and folklore. Her Wood Wife remains a book I come back to regularlly.
She draws for these posts from material available via YouTube, including live shows and other performances (some of which are no longer available, or geo-locked). She lives in Dartmoor, and many of the musicians she references are local to her, or she's seen at various in person performances.
The majority of the music is British folk, folk revival, into folk rock, but there's also a solid selection of music from Scandinavia and continental Europe in there, orchestral music (both historical and contemporary), American bluegrass, and music from a wide range of other genres and traditions. She often chooses a theme, and her commentary is often as interesting and glorious for me as the music itself.
I pulled it together specifically because I'd like to be a bit more deliberate about expanding some of my musical horizons, and this is a great mix of 'stuff I know I love' and 'stuff I'm pretty sure I'll like' in a format I can have on while I'm doing other things on the computer.
A few practical details
- Not everything was on Spotify (and in some cases, some albums by an artist are, but not the one I needed.) So there are gaps, we resign ourselves to the imperfection of existence.
- I plan to keep this up, but may have weeks where I don't remember to do it, don't do it until late in the week, etc. because of the realities of schedules, life, time zone differences, etc.
( And a few other minor notes )
This is a rare public entry in my journal, so people can ask questions as needed. Please give me a name I can call you (and so we can keep track of who's who) if you're posting anon.
