Hear songs from the British Isles: re-imagined folk songs from Irish experimental folk-doom quartet ØXN and others, and the latest by author, composer, and singer-songwriter PJ Harvey. Listen to experimental doom-folk tunes by Irish quartet, ØXN, (pronounced 'oc-en' and named after castrated draft animals – “sometimes worshipped, sometimes doomed for domestication,” they say), (The Guardian.) John Schaefer writes, “ØXN is a new band that features some familiar names on the Irish indie music scene. We’ve met singer Radie Peat with the drone-folk band Lankum; John “Spud” Murphy is that band’s producer (and has produced Black Midi and many other bands); Katie Kim is a gifted singer/songwriter on her own; and Eleanor Myler is from the band Percolator. I had thought that you couldn’t find a darker, more chilling take on folk music than Lankum’s, but ØXN’s debut album, Cyrm (pronounced sigh-rim and meaning a spell, usually cast by a woman at the expense of a man), has moments that are genuinely spine-tingling.” Also, listen to uncanny, unearthly songs from author, composer and singer-songwriter PJ Harvey, which come from her 2023 album, I Inside the Old Year Dying. The songs are loosely based on Harvey’s second book of poetry “Orlam,” and written in the Dorset dialect, the county in the west of England where Harvey was brought up. Plus, there’s a version of the traditional English song "John Barleycorn (Must Die)," which might be as old as the 1300's, along with a dark and brooding funeral song from northernmost England, “The Lyke-Wake Dirge”. - Caryn Havlik Program #4817, Old Weird Britannia (First aired 11/20/2023) ARTIST: The Young TraditionWORK: A Lyke Wake Dirge [1:00]RECORDING: Anthems in EdenSOURCE: Sanctuary Records Group / Castle MusicINFO: mainlynorfolk.info ARTIST: ØXNWORK: Cruel Mother [9:28]RECORDING: CyrmSOURCE: Claddagh RecordsINFO: https://OXN.lnk.to/CYRMSO ARTIST: The Young TraditionWORK: A Lyke Wake Dirge [2:49]RECORDING: Anthems in EdenSOURCE: Sanctuary Records Group / Castle MusicINFO: mainlynorfolk.info ARTIST: ØXNWORK: The Trees They Do Grow High [7:42]RECORDING: CyrmSOURCE: Claddagh RecordsINFO: https://OXN.lnk.to/CYRMSO ARTIST: PJ HarveyWORK: All Souls [4:22]RECORDING: I Inside the Old Year DyingSOURCE: Partisan RecordsINFO: https://pjharvey.lnk.to/iinsidetheoldyeardyingID ARTIST: ØXNWORK: The Feast [4:47]RECORDING: CyrmSOURCE: Claddagh RecordsINFO: https://OXN.lnk.to/CYRMSO ARTIST: PJ HarveyWORK: I Inside the Old I Dying [3:09]RECORDING: I Inside the Old Year DyingSOURCE: Partisan RecordsINFO: https://pjharvey.lnk.to/iinsidetheoldyeardyingID ARTIST: Knights of the Occasional TableWORK: John Barleycorn [11:25RECORDING: John Barleycorn 2000SOURCE: Middle Earth #1011INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify, and Amazon.com
Hear songs from the British Isles: re-imagined folk songs from Irish experimental folk-doom quartet ØXN and others, and the latest by author, composer, and singer-songwriter PJ Harvey.
Listen to experimental doom-folk tunes by Irish quartet, ØXN, (pronounced 'oc-en' and named after castrated draft animals – “sometimes worshipped, sometimes doomed for domestication,” they say), (The Guardian.) John Schaefer writes, “ØXN is a new band that features some familiar names on the Irish indie music scene. We’ve met singer Radie Peat with the drone-folk band Lankum; John “Spud” Murphy is that band’s producer (and has produced Black Midi and many other bands); Katie Kim is a gifted singer/songwriter on her own; and Eleanor Myler is from the band Percolator. I had thought that you couldn’t find a darker, more chilling take on folk music than Lankum’s, but ØXN’s debut album, Cyrm (pronounced sigh-rim and meaning a spell, usually cast by a woman at the expense of a man), has moments that are genuinely spine-tingling.”
Also, listen to uncanny, unearthly songs from author, composer and singer-songwriter PJ Harvey, which come from her 2023 album, I Inside the Old Year Dying. The songs are loosely based on Harvey’s second book of poetry “Orlam,” and written in the Dorset dialect, the county in the west of England where Harvey was brought up. Plus, there’s a version of the traditional English song "John Barleycorn (Must Die)," which might be as old as the 1300's, along with a dark and brooding funeral song from northernmost England, “The Lyke-Wake Dirge”. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4817, Old Weird Britannia (First aired 11/20/2023)
ARTIST: The Young TraditionWORK: A Lyke Wake Dirge [1:00]RECORDING: Anthems in EdenSOURCE: Sanctuary Records Group / Castle MusicINFO: mainlynorfolk.info
ARTIST: ØXNWORK: Cruel Mother [9:28]RECORDING: CyrmSOURCE: Claddagh RecordsINFO: https://OXN.lnk.to/CYRMSO
ARTIST: The Young TraditionWORK: A Lyke Wake Dirge [2:49]RECORDING: Anthems in EdenSOURCE: Sanctuary Records Group / Castle MusicINFO: mainlynorfolk.info
ARTIST: ØXNWORK: The Trees They Do Grow High [7:42]RECORDING: CyrmSOURCE: Claddagh RecordsINFO: https://OXN.lnk.to/CYRMSO
ARTIST: PJ HarveyWORK: All Souls [4:22]RECORDING: I Inside the Old Year DyingSOURCE: Partisan RecordsINFO: https://pjharvey.lnk.to/iinsidetheoldyeardyingID
ARTIST: ØXNWORK: The Feast [4:47]RECORDING: CyrmSOURCE: Claddagh RecordsINFO: https://OXN.lnk.to/CYRMSO
ARTIST: PJ HarveyWORK: I Inside the Old I Dying [3:09]RECORDING: I Inside the Old Year DyingSOURCE: Partisan RecordsINFO: https://pjharvey.lnk.to/iinsidetheoldyeardyingID
ARTIST: Knights of the Occasional TableWORK: John Barleycorn [11:25RECORDING: John Barleycorn 2000SOURCE: Middle Earth #1011INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify, and Amazon.com