Còig is one of Atlantic Canada’s most exciting Celtic traditional groups made up of accomplished multi-instrumentalists, Chrissy Crowley, Rachel Davis and Darren McMullen. With the fiery Celtic high-energy style as its musical core, Còig easily shifts between century-old tunes of past generations to original and upbeat compositions, featuring the band’s range of over a dozen […]
The Parting Glass
“The Parting Glass” (Roud 3004) is a Scottish traditional song, often sung at the end of a gathering of friends. It has also long been sung in Ireland, where it remains popular; this has strongly influenced how it is often sung today. It was purportedly the most popular parting song sung in Scotland before Robert […]
Glory Box
“Glory Box” is a song by English electronic band Portishead, released in January 1995 as the third and final single from their debut album, Dummy (1994). It samples “Ike’s Rap II” by Issac Hayes and peaked at number 13 in the UK. Additionally, the song was a top 10 hit in Iceland, while entering the […]
Auld Lang Syne
“Auld Lang Syne” is a Scottish song. In the English-speaking world, it is traditionally sung to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve/Hogmanay. By extension, it is also often heard at funerals, graduations, and as a farewell or ending to other occasions; for instance, many branches of […]
Solemn Vespers for a Confessor – Mozart
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (Solemn Vespers for a Confessor), K.339, is a sacred choral composition, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. It is scored for SATB choir and soloists, violin I, violin II, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 timpani, and basso continuo (cello, double bass, and organ, with optional bassoon obbligato). The setting was […]
Spoon River
Spoon River is based on an early American fiddle tune, Percy Grainger created a setting that “aims at preserving a pioneer blend of lonesome wistfulness and sturdy persistence.” The 16-measure melody is fully explored and developed in a variety of harmonisations and instrumental colours, and is particularly noteworthy for the extensive use of “tuneful percussion” […]
If I Ain’t Got You
“If I Ain’t Got You” is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys for her second studio album The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003). Inspired by the 2001 death of singer Aaliyah, the September 11th attacks, and other events in the world and in Keys’ life, the song is about “how material things don’t […]
Ikimonogakari
In February 1999, Yoshiki Mizuno and Hotaka Yamashita, who attended the same elementary, middle and high school, formed Ikimonogakari. The name of the unit comes from the fact that the two were in the first grade of elementary school together as “animal caretakers” who fed goldfish. They started performing on the streets in their hometowns […]
Zambra
Based out of Santa Cruz, California, Zambra sings glorious global music with a radiant harmonic blend. Whether singing Sephardic laments, Scots Gaelic walking tunes, Italian wedding songs, Swedish lullabies, or southern Appalachian hymns, our sound is consistently beautiful and engaging, with most material arranged specifically for our voices by members Kathleen Loveless and Kathryn Veditz. […]
Personent Hodie
“Personent hodie” is a Christmas carol originally published in the 1582 Finnish song book Piae Cantiones, a volume of 74 Medieval songs with Latin texts collected by Jacobus Finno (Jaakko Suomalainen), a Swedish Lutheran cleric, and published by T.P. Rutha. The song book had its origins in the libraries of cathedral song schools, whose repertory […]