{"id":150,"date":"2020-06-03T20:41:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T20:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starsintherafters.com\/?p=150"},"modified":"2020-06-04T14:43:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T14:43:48","slug":"ep8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starsintherafters.com\/ep8\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 8: Clearing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/caafc842-ca26-429e-80cf-d4b31ee16725?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p class=\"episode-info-heading\"><strong>Episode summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"episode-desc-p\" data-v-64afff2a=\"\" data-v-8334d7b8=\"\">Our calendars have mostly been cleared in this pandemic, inviting us to clear space in our lives and in our souls for the things that matter most. Farming is a kind of clearing too, where we&#8217;re making space to grow things, and we are blessed to have some wonderful farms in New England. But we have to make sure everyone has a seat at the table. It&#8217;s obviously time to also clear out centuries of oppression. We all need to do what we can to fight for justice. And work to build a society where everyone can live in equality, freedom, and safety. This week we have music from lydia ievins, Aaron Marcus, Live Wire, Windborne, and Bob Mills. Sam Sanders reads a poem by Martha Postlethwaite, and Julie reads a passage from The Prophet and a poem by Rumi. As always, you can find out more at starsintherafters.com, and you can reach out to me there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"episode-info-heading\"><strong>Episode notes<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"episode-long-desc\" data-v-64afff2a=\"\" data-v-8334d7b8=\"\">\n<p>1. S\u00e4lsk\u00e4r &#8211; lydia ievins (Montague, MA). A pensive tune by Juha Kujanp\u00e4\u00e4, played here on nyckelharpa and piano. S\u00e4lsk\u00e4r is a tiny island in the Swedish archipelago of \u00c5land, with a lighthouse that stands midway across the gulf between Sweden and Finland. Recorded on <i>Koivu,<\/i> lydia&#8217;s duo album with Helsinki-based pianist Juha Kujanp\u00e4\u00e4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lydiamusic.org\/\">www.lydiamusic.org<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2. <i>Clearing<\/i> by Martha Postlethwaite, read by Sam Sanders with piano accompaniment by Aaron Marcus (Montpelier, VT). \u00a0The tune is a recent composition of Aaron\u2019s called David the Nightingale, written for David Kaynor.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Aaron says, \u201cI think we\u2019ve all been entranced and inspired by David\u2019s beautiful fiddling over the years, and the generosity with which he shares it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3. The Clootie Well &#8211; Sarah Gowan (Philadelphia, PA). This tune by Sarah is performed by the band Live Wire (Tom Krumm &#8211; fiddle, Ben Kennedy &#8211; keyboard, Bill Quern &#8211; cuatro, Sarah Gowan &#8211; guitar). A Clootie Well is a place, usually at a spring surrounded by trees, where people seeking healing from an illness or woe make an offering of a piece of cloth (cloot). More info is at <a href=\"http:\/\/sarahgowan.blogspot.com\/2017\/06\/the-munlochy-clootie-well.html\">http:\/\/sarahgowan.blogspot.com\/2017\/06\/the-munlochy-clootie-well.html<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/livewirecontra.band\/\">http:\/\/livewirecontra.band\/<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>4. <i>Buying and Selling<\/i> from <i>The Prophet<\/i>, by Khalil Gibran, read by Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT).\u00a0 Fiddle accompaniment by Rachel Panitch (Boston, MA). \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>5. Sabodisho &#8211; Windborne (VT, MA). This traditional Georgian song is performed by Windborne (Lynn Mahoney Rowan, Will Thomas Rowan, Lauren Breunig, and Jeremy Carter-Gordon) on their album <i>Midwinter Meeting<\/i>. In Georgia there is a tradition of singing songs to sick children in order to appease unhappy spirits. The spirits are addressed as \u201cBatonebo,\u201d an honorific, and flowers are strewn about the child\u2019s room.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windbornesingers.com\/\">http:\/\/www.windbornesingers.com<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>6. <i>The guest house<\/i>, by Rumi, read by Julie Vallimont. Piano accompaniment by Aaron Marcus. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 Love is Little &#8211; Bob Mills (Montague, MA).\u00a0 Bob writes, \u201cI got this Shaker song from Freyda Epstein when we played together in the late 90s. It came with only one verse, which seemed lonely, so I made it some friends to play with. The tune that follows after leapt from the guitar unbidden so I won&#8217;t be surprised if someone else wrote it.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>The opening music is \u201cThe Pearl in Sorrow\u2019s Hand\u201d by Julie Vallimont, from her album Dark Sky, Bright Stars.\u00a0 Produced by Julie Vallimont. Mixed and mastered by Dana Billings. \u00a0All content courtesy of the artists, all rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode summary Our calendars have mostly been cleared in this pandemic, inviting us to clear space in our lives and in our souls for the things that matter most. Farming is a kind of clearing too, where we&#8217;re making space to grow things, and we are blessed to have some wonderful farms in New England. 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