Yo, Magpies!
We’ve been busy here at the Mad Ms Central recording and producing new music. Though the pandemic has limited our live performance opportunities, we haven’t let it stop us from being the crazy musicians we are.
For the month of December, our new release is “Within the Wyrd“, a cool groove with shades of first wave ska.
Enjoy the danceable, retro feel. Kick off your shoes, turn up the volume and shake what you got.
Mixed and Mastered by Wally Sound at the Wally Sound, Oakland, California
Johny Blood: tuba
Ray Fernandez: saxophone
Ian Luke: drums
Maggie “Mags” Martin: accordionist, composer/arranger
Mark Nemoyten: trumpet
Tim Sarter: bass
Ned Stone: trombone
Gary “GDub” Wium: guitar
Why Wyrd?
In Norse mythology, under the huge tree of life, Yggdrasil, there is a well. This well is called the Well of Wyrd (Well of Urðr). Three Norns tend to Yggdrasil every day by bringing water from the well to the tree to keep it green and healthy.
These beings of time, Urðr (what was), Verðandi (what is) and Skuld (what will be) are said to spin our destinies.
I think of the “Wyrd” as the twists and turns of our lives, a weaving of experiences — some ordinary, some extraordinary. We’re all in this tapestry of life together.
Music from everywhere flows around and through us. It flows from the past to the future. In Within the Wyrd, the sounds flow from the Caribbean to the Northern realms to the west coast of California.
🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶