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The ancient landscapes of Dartmoor inspire these two musicians. They will be performing a new programme of music that includes work from their two new albums, Dartmoor Roundhouse and Ice: The Cold Songs. Pure flute songs played on thirteen wooden flutes carved by Nigel from native trees and created around an ancient neolithic hearth fire, combine with a cycle of songs and chants written by Carolyn who draws on a distant root that connects our land to a primordial memory of ice. Carolyn
and Nigel have performed concerts in many parts of the world including
Russia, USA, Australia, Japan, the Baltic and throughout Europe. They
combine a variety of traditional and ancient instruments (including
bagpipes,
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The Cold Songs
album was created and partly recorded during Carolyn’s recent journeys
to the Arctic. It is a cycle Further information can be found on www.seventhwavemusic.co.uk. |
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bone and clay whistles, Irish whistles, frame drums, rattles
and piano) with natural sound recordings and ambient atmospheres. Their
songs and music describe a deep sacred relationship with nature, the
ancient land and ancestral roots.
of chants and songs drawn from a very ancient root that connects our own
land to a primordial memory of ice. The Cold Songs describe a dark earth
mystery that has passed through a thousand generations of women, using
simple and traditional instruments including reindeer, copper and salmon
drums made by Carolyn.