{"id":660,"date":"2007-10-02T11:53:35","date_gmt":"2007-10-02T10:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=660"},"modified":"2007-10-02T11:53:41","modified_gmt":"2007-10-02T10:53:41","slug":"gorgeous-haunting-hurdy-gurdy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/10\/02\/gorgeous-haunting-hurdy-gurdy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorgeous, haunting hurdy gurdy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/1469725906\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1251\/1469725906_c87d1e4f52.jpg?w=450\"  alt=\"Uncertainty\" vspace='10' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCan I just say how much I love the song &#8220;Doyen&#8221; from The Duellists album <em>English hurdy gurdy music<\/em>?  It opens podcast 114 from <a href=\"http:\/\/brainwashed.com\/\">Brainwashed<\/a>, and it is just amazingly rich and emotive.  This sort of stuff could be incredibly flat and &#8220;going through the motions&#8221;, but this song has a wonderfully lilting, haunted feel that I just can&#8217;t help closing my eyes and swaying gently.  Literally takes one&#8217;s breath away.  And then I have to listen to it again.  Several times.  In its way it has the power and depth of good piece of Bach choral or organ music.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently the disc is pretty hard to find.  Some Googling did turn it up in a few small on-line stores, though.<\/p>\n<p>The photo is from Ann&#8217;s garden when we first arrived in the UK in August.<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can I just say how much I love the song &#8220;Doyen&#8221; from The Duellists album English hurdy gurdy music? It opens podcast 114 from Brainwashed, and it is just amazingly rich and emotive. This sort of stuff could be incredibly flat and &#8220;going through the motions&#8221;, but this song has a wonderfully lilting, haunted feel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/10\/02\/gorgeous-haunting-hurdy-gurdy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gorgeous, haunting hurdy gurdy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-aE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/01\/27\/singing-in-public-again-sad-but-true\/","url_meta":{"origin":660,"position":0},"title":"Singing in public again:  Sad but true","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"27 Jan 05","format":false,"excerpt":"CAC Concerts has been hosting a series of open mic nights this year (a first at UMM in my memory). Lots of students I know (mostly from FYS) have been going, performing, and saying cool things about the event, but for various reasons I'd been unable to attend. I finally\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/03\/25\/phantom-lives-on-in-song\/","url_meta":{"origin":660,"position":1},"title":"Phantom lives on in song!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"25 Mar 05","format":false,"excerpt":"Last night was the monthly CAC Concerts Open Mic Night. Sub-Evil Boy was able to join me because he didn't have school today (Good Friday, or Spring Break in more religiously neutral terms), which was a lot of fun. Eagan MC'ed this time and did a very nice job. 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