Love is Grand!
The longer I live, the more I’m sure of this. Love is what matters in this crazy life. Love is what got us humans this far. When we care for each other, we survive. When we love our fellow creatures and take care of our small blue planet, we survive. Love and caring, kindness and connection are our special powers. ❤️
21 Years of the Mad Maggies
February 14, 2004 was the first time we entered the recording studio to lay down tracks.
The biggest of thanks to you all for supporting us by listening to our music, collecting our songs, coming to shows, wearing our swag! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
“Black is the Color” – bringing a very old melody to life
I was rummaging through my archives and found a tape to digital transfer of my singing variations of this old Appalachian tune. One vocal variation in particular inspired me to make a mix, with synths and my accordion of course, because accordions go with everything. “Black Is the Color” is a quintessential love song.
I remember learning the melody when I was a wee lass by picking out notes on a spinet piano. The melody has stuck with me ever since. This is how I hear it, a bit different perhaps than others but isn’t that just what happens to folk tunes as they pass through time? ☺
I just found out that “folktronic” is a genre. Who knew? 🙂