6 posts tagged with folk by howfar.
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Both Hands - cover (Ani DiFranco)

Acoustic guitar and voice. Pretty straight as far as my memory of the proper song goes. [more inside]
posted by howfar on Sep 4, 2019 - 4 comments

The Crow on the Cradle

A quick recording of a way I've been messing around with approaching an old song. I think the time-signature change makes it seem a bit more bitter and a little less sinister, which is interesting, if not necessarily better.
posted by howfar on May 31, 2015 - 2 comments

A Smuggler's Song

Somewhere between Show of Hands and the Mountain Goats, we find this story of a man in a boat off the coast of Cornwall, drunk, armed and fearful. [more inside]
posted by howfar on May 25, 2015 - 2 comments

Black Rabbit

A friend of mine lost her pet black rabbit recently. A conversation about it led to me digging out this old (c. 2007?) recording. [more inside]
posted by howfar on Feb 4, 2015 - 2 comments

Homeward On

A sort of sixties-ish jangly folk-pop demo with a couple of synthy touches.
posted by howfar on Jan 6, 2013 - 1 comment

St Paul's

A folk-song mainly about St Paul's Cathedral and its history, with themes of love, hope and continuity. [more inside]
posted by howfar on Dec 31, 2012 - 5 comments

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