What’s on the new CD?

Using Jane Yolen’s originals from the The Infinite Dark show and adding other songs and instrumentals, we map the road to faerie and back again. Eight of the poems and song lyrics are from The Last Selchie Child, © 2012 Jane Yolen, A Midsummer Night’s Press, New York (links to their sales page). Links below are for short performance samples.

1. Doorway © Yolen  –  Jane recites / Story © Yolen/Hébert (Last Selchie Child) Donna lead, Lui/Molly harmonies
2. The Hero’s Thumb / Prince Ever After © Yolen  –  Jane recites
3. The Ballad of the White Seal Maid © Yolen/Collins (Last Selchie Child) – Lui solo vocal
4. The Great Selkie  © Yolen (Last Selchie Child) – Molly recites / Ode to Brighid – trad. Irish air – Molly solo vocal / Fisherman’s Song for Calling the Seals – trad. Orkney jig –  Donna fiddle, Max guitar
5. The Selchie Children’s Plaint / The Last Selchie Child © Yolen (Last Selchie Child) Jane recites
6. Pennan Den – trad. Scots air (James Watt) – Donna solo fiddle / Come To Me, My Darling © Yolen/Cohen – Max solo vocal, guitars
7. Mermaid’s Lullaby © Yolen/Collins  – Lui solo vocal, piano; Donna fiddles, Max guitars /  The Mermaid – trad. Irish air – Donna fiddles, Max guitars, Lui piano
8. Beauty and the Beast: An Anniversary / Swan Princess #1 & #2 © Yolen (Last Selchie Child) Jane recites
9. Feral © Yolen/Collins  – Lui vocal, piano; Donna fiddles
10. In the Hood, Noir © Yolen  –  Jane recites  /  Once Upon © Yolen (Last Selchie Child) Donna recites 
11. Things That Should Never Be Known © Max Cohen – Max solo vocal, guitars
12. Gretel Asks / Ovens / Her Cousin’s House of Candy © Yolen  –  Jane recites
13. Bouquet © Yolen/Collins – Lui lead, banjo; Molly harmony vocal, Donna fiddles, Max guitar
14. Another Way to Tell © Yolen – Jane recites  /  Another Way to Tell © Yolen/Collins – Max solo vocal, guitars  /  Morning Song © Max Cohen – Max guitar, Lui tenor ukulele