Rhiannon Giddens When I saw this week’s prompt and learned that Rhiannon Giddens’ birthday is in February (b. 2/21/77,) she was my choice. I originally wrote a post on her for 2022’s Women Music March, then used the post again for Glyn’s Mixed Music Bag. Looking again for any updates I see Rhiannon is a…
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FFF 62 — Doodads
Happy Friday Everyone! Lots of contending with the weather this week, but a few opportunities to forget about it also. I went out for dinner with older son last night and took a few pics of the place we went. It’s one of our favorite places to go. Son usually gets pizza. I got eggplant…
dVerse Poetics Tuesday — First Window
First WindowOverbreathed, stale, closed systemwhere months feel like life sentence;where clouds press on in suffocation,denying screen’s supply of fresh new;too afraid of price to skin and purse, too blind to cost of lungs and spirit.Called by muffled crows & kite-straddling March lion glass, I reachfor latch and fling it aside, proudfor this one small act…
MMB Week 18 (was Women Music March 2022 – Day 20 –) Rhiannon Giddens
Rhiannon Giddens. click on link to take you to a PBS interview Rhiannon Giddens (b. 2/21/77) is an American musician. She is a founding member of the country, blues and old-time music band Carolina Chocolate Drops, where she is the lead singer, fiddle player, and banjo player. Giddens is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina,…
dVerse — Poetics — Queen Mab Decides
The path that once was cushion moss is now deep brown humus. Her steps are shorter, slower // birdsong and chatters are muffled as wafting cedar catches in furry nostrils; dances on her wrinkles. Time enough for this corporeal manifestation to say, “goodbye, dear friend.” ~Her weak drooping arms cling to a rough, cool trunk….
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
gif link Thank you, ancestors, for your strengthYour music still gives me goosebumpsWalking green carpets in the hills and remembering the old days,I raise a pint and salute ye.
Music that Strikes a Chord — “Lily Love,” by The Chieftains and The Civil Wars
The Chieftains image by Barry McCall The Civil Wars image by Phil King Listening to The Chieftains: Voice of Ages tonight, I am again knocked over by this album. It takes me to another place. My scalp tingles as the music on it seems to activate long-resting atoms. The Chieftains collaborate with a plethora of…
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