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Fly Down You Little Bird

A follow up to 2013's 'Can't Hold The Wheel', 'Fly Down' continues to reimagine traditional ballads.

$12.00 (US) plus $4.50 shipping/handling to the U.S.
Vermont residents pay 6% sales tax

the songs:

Pretty Saro
Foreignlander
Undone in Sorrow
Henry Lee
Pisgah
Goin' 'Cross the Mountain

the band:

Brendan — vocals, guitar, banjo, mbira, electric guitar (4), shruti box
Mark Roberts — banjo, gourd banjo, film canister, kanjira
Colin McCaffrey — electric guitar
Corey DiMario — bass

with Mia Bertelli — harmony vocals

The New Line • Can't Hold the Wheel

Bringing together African and old-time music with a marriage of mbira and gourd banjo, The New Line reimagines traditional Appalachian ballads.

Out of print, but you can still download to your heart's content at bandcamp or itunes.

the songs

Train on the Island
Danville Girl
Red Rocking Chair
Nobody 'Cept You
Little Sadie (listen)
Fall on My Knees
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still (listen)
The Old Churchyard
The Blackest Crow
Friend of Mine
Goodnight Irene (listen)

the band

Brendan Taaffe		vocals, mbira, guitar, pump organ
Adam Hurt		gourd banjo, steel-strung banjo
Stefan Amidon		percussion, vocals
Colin McCaffrey		electric guitar, bass
Mike Olson		trumpet
Heather Masse		vocals

Check out some recent reviews here.

No Time To Tarry

The fourth and final recording from the Bright Wings Chorus is a collection of original works that spans both elegy and celebration, personal and political. Recorded with special guest Larry Gordon.

$15.00 (US) plus $4.50 shipping/handling to the U.S.
Vermont residents pay 6% sales tax

the songs:

Vermillion
Syria
Glencolmcille
I Cross Til I Am Weary
My Heart Will Bow
Heartland
Joy Will Bring Me To Your Arms
Holman
Aleppo
America
Bamidon
Like Stars Our Bones Shall Fly
Ten Thousand Charms

the singers:

Meg Chittenden
Elsie Gawler
Emily Thompson
Mia Bertelli
Sarah Gibson
Rachel Gordon
Addie Rose Holland
Stephen Higa
Wheaton Squier
Brendan Taaffe
Mason Gohl
Casey Steinberg
Special Guest: Larry Gordon

Vineyard

Beautiful, soulful singing from the Bright Wings gang, recorded on Martha's Vineyard at the end of a four-day group retreat.

$15.00 (US) plus $4.50 shipping/handling to the U.S.
Vermont residents pay 6% sales tax

the songs:

Laurieston
Moab
Way Out On the Mountain
April Rain Song (listen)
You May Stand Mute
Mountains Now Are Dancing
Cameron
Mt. Tabor
Gilead (listen)
Beyond Your Chariots
Home Is The Sailor
May You See Diamonds

the singers:

Kimaya Diggs
Emily Thompson
Rachel Gordon
Mia Bertelli
Addie Rose Holland
Sarah Gibson
Brendan Taaffe
Conor Weiss
Adam Jacob Simon
Mason Gohl
Casey Steinberg

Signs and Wonders

The second collection of songs by The Bright Wings Chorus, including original shape note songs, traditional American ballads, and contemporary choral pieces.

$15 (US) plus $4.50 shipping/handling to the U.S.
Vermont residents pay 6% sales tax

the songs

Marching to Zion
Greenwood Lake
Sophia
Harlemville
Millbrook
Seems Like to Me
Lord, Build Me a Cabin
Better Day A-Comin'
Come Love Away (listen)
When He Passed Over
Awake, Awake
When the World Comes to an End
Bright Wings
Abbeystead
Prospect
Inman
Old North End
Superior (listen)
The Wheel

the singers:

Rachel Gordon
Addie Rose Holland
Sarah Gibson
Mia Bertelli
Emily Thompson
Erica Morse
Julia Wayne
Leighanne Saltsman
Gideon Crevoshay
Wheaton Squier
Brendan Taaffe
Adam Jacob Simon
Mason Gohl

special guest: Carter Stowell

What People are Saying:

"I've been recovering from a concussion for the past several months, which means that I need to sleep A LOT. Signs and Wonders has been a huge comfort, and is my go-to when I'm exhausted and need to recover. I arise more powerful and healed than I was when I lay down."

"1000x better than listening to the annoying guy next to me on the bus. . ."

Here Below

A collection of original shape note songs, composed from 2003–2011. Recorded live in August, 2011 amidst lots of wine and laughter with nine friends at the Old Meeting House, Montpelier, Vermont.

$15 (US) plus $4.50 shipping/handling to the U.S.
Vermont residents pay 6% sales tax

the songs

Deep Springs
Arkansas
East Pond
Rochestown
August
Kilfenora
What are they doing in Heaven today?
Wester Caputh (listen)
The Grieved Soul
Chasm Lake
Weatherhead
Wenlock
Agawa Bay
White (listen)

the singers:

Adam Jacob Simon
Mason Gohl
Gideon Crevoshay
Wheaton Squier
Brendan Taaffe
Rachel Gordon
Addie Rose Holland
Katie Trautz
Julia Wayne
Emily Steelehurst Thompson

What People are Saying:

"My husband and I joke about 'talking each other down' when things get too crazy and overwhelming, especially the things you can't control, no matter how you try. I might need to listen to your song Wester Caputh daily. There is so much hope and joy and certainty in that tune: it sings me down."

"I was walking the boardwalk at lunchtime and felt I was about to join the seagulls in flight listening to your CD on my ipod! There's such a sense of sheer beauty and joy in it."

"If you are moved by the sacred, if you need music that takes hold of your bones and won't let go, you should own a copy of Here Below. It's simply the most powerful stuff I've heard in a long time and I don't know what to do with it except tell you over and over that you must have it."

The Bright Wings Combo Pack: all four albums
(No Time To Tarry, Vineyard, Here Below and Signs and Wonders)
$48 (US) plus $10.50 shipping / handling to the U.S.
Vermont residents pay 6% sales tax

The Waxwing Four

Tight, joyful male a cappella harmony from early American traditions—jubilee gospel, bluegrass quartets, and Appalachian folk hymns.

$15.00 (US) plus $4.50 shipping/handling to the U.S.
Vermont residents pay 6% sales tax

Track List

My Lord is Writing
Devotion
Glacier
I Wanna Go To Heaven And Rest
This Is A Mean World
Joys Above His Power
Turtle Dove
Get Right Church
Sister, Thou Art Mild And Lovely
Deep River (listen)
One Morning Soon
Old Ship of Zion
The Old Churchyard
What Are They Doing in Heaven? (listen)
Starfish and Coffee

The Waxwing Four are:

Wheaton Squier, first tenor
Brendan Taaffe, second tenor
Adam Jacob Simon, baritone
Stefan Amidon, bass

Magic Foot: Stomping Ground

Recorded in the spring of 2009, this is Magic Foot's first full length album. On it, we bring together traditional Irish music, a few foreign visitors, and some poignant songs. Lauded by Brian Conway as "tasteful, soulful music."

Colin Lindsay - fiddle, concertina, harmony vocals
Chris Stevens - button accordion
Brendan Taaffe - guitar, vocals
Stefan Amidon - percission, mandolin, harmony vocals

$7 (US) plus $4.50 shipping/handling to the U.S.
Vermont residents pay 6% sales tax

Devanney's Goat / O'Dowd's Favorite / Tom Ward's Downfall
Pidder a Dreska / Hawthorn Hedge / O'Sullivan's March
Farewell to Fiunary
Goat Dance
Mary and the Soldier
En Flandres / Canal En Octobre
Flatbush Waltz
Lark in the Morning / When the Cock Crows, It is Day
Phyllis's Birthday / Palmer's Gate / Road to Errogie (listen)
Eunice Two-Step

What the Reviews are Saying:

"Their sound is that of musicians who really enjoy playing together. The arrangements are not bombastic but wonderfully played, with all the necessary pulse and drive intact. As I listened to this wonderful collection of lovely songs and tunes, I was transported back to the classic Sunday ceilidh performances at the Philadelphia Folk Festival [...] Many thanks to Magic Foot for helping me reconnect with a very special time in my life."

— Sing Out!

Song Licenses

I do ask for a licensing fee if you are teaching or performing my works. To purchase a license, please visit the Turtle Dove Harmony Song Licensing page.