{"id":327,"date":"2020-12-22T14:16:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T14:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starsintherafters.com\/?p=327"},"modified":"2020-12-25T00:23:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T00:23:15","slug":"ep37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starsintherafters.com\/ep37\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 37: The shortest day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/31d30c0a-9584-480b-b417-418846c14032?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p><strong>Episode Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week, we have music from Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem, Owen Morrison, and Tim Eriksen. Julie reads poems by P\u00e1draig \u00d3 Tuama and Susan Cooper, and Ben Williams reads a poem by James Agee. This week is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. From here on out, the days will only be getting longer, and we are preparing for a new year and the promise that it holds. It\u2019s been a hard year for many of us, and there is still a lot of the winter to come, but we can get through this. The first doses of the vaccine are coming out and things are slowly beginning to turn, even while they feel like they are at their darkest. I\u2019m inspired by this quote from Hafiz: \u201cI wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.\u201d Take care, everyone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode Notes<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1. Singing in the Land &#8211; Rani Arbo &amp; daisy mayhem (Middletown, CT). This traditional Appalachian song is on their 2016 album <i>Wintersong<\/i>. <a href=\"https:\/\/raniarboanddaisymayhem.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/raniarboanddaisymayhem.bandcamp.com<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. <i>In between the sun and moon<\/i>, by P\u00e1draig \u00d3 Tuama. Read by Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT).<\/p>\n<p>3. Winter Blossom Waltz &#8211; Owen Morrison (Washington, DC). Owen wrote this waltz for the wedding of Kent Gilbert and Diana Hultgren. It\u2019s on <i>Daybreak<\/i>, his album of original waltzes. <a href=\"https:\/\/owenmorrison.com\/\">https:\/\/owenmorrison.com\/<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4. <i>Sure on this shining night<\/i>, by James Agee. Read by Ben Williams (Northampton, MA). &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5. Silent Night &#8211; Tim Eriksen (Amherst, MA). Tim\u2019s version of this traditional carol is on his 2011 album <i>Star In The East<\/i>. <a href=\"https:\/\/timeriksen.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/timeriksen.bandcamp.com<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6. <i>The shortest day<\/i>, by Susan Cooper. Read by Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT). &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7. Lo, How A Rose E\u2019er Blooming &#8211; Rani Arbo &amp; daisy mayhem (Middletown, CT). This traditional German carol, accompanied by clawhammer banjo, is also on <i>Wintersong<\/i>. <a href=\"https:\/\/raniarboanddaisymayhem.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/raniarboanddaisymayhem.bandcamp.com<\/a> &nbsp;<\/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. Produced by Julie Vallimont. Mixed and mastered by Dana Billings. All content courtesy of the artists, all rights reserved. This series is supported in part by the Country Dance and Song Society, NEFFA, CDS-Boston, and Pinewoods Camp. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting it via Patreon:<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/starsintherafters\"><i>www.patreon.com\/starsintherafters<\/i><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode Summary This week, we have music from Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem, Owen Morrison, and Tim Eriksen. Julie reads poems by P\u00e1draig \u00d3 Tuama and Susan Cooper, and Ben Williams reads a poem by James Agee. This week is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. 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