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Greenwood Gone is an eclectic (or is that e-celtic?) selection of music from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and the Isle of Man.
May your listening transport you back in time until you walk again in the greenwood.
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Wren
Song is a Celtic band focusing on traditional Scottish
and Irish music. Gaelic sean-nos style songs and
Scottish ballads mingle in their performances, blending
voice and bodhran with tinwhistle,
harp, bagpipe, fiddle, keyboard, guitar and mandolin.
These family musicians are intent on
drawing you into the mists of time to find connections with
the past.
Adele
began performing at Missouri Tartan Day in 2006,
and soon her brother Leighton and
younger sister Ness joined her.
Where did the band get its name?
In each of the
areas that share the Gaelic language there are
legends about the wren. Around Christmas time, people would
go out and hunt the wren, and bring it home as the King of
All Birds. There are a lot of songs and folklore connected with the
wren, so that’s why
we call ourselves Wren Song.
Wren Song's specialties are:
Celtic music, Gaelic songs, ballads & stories, as well as
lore, and
legends.
Our theme verse from the Bible is Jeremiah 6:16—
"This is what the Lord says: 'Stand at the
crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask
where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find
rest for your souls.' "
Adele, along with her brother and
sister, have Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and
Cornish blood in their family line.
 Adele plays harp, tinwhistle,
recorder, bodhran, and sings authentic
Irish and Scottish Gaelic songs.
Her harp is a 24 string Brother Maynard model made by
Dan
Speer at Argent Fox Music. It uses bronze-phosphor strings
in the Irish/Scottish Clarsach style.
Adele is a sean-nos style singer
specializing in Scottish, Irish, and Welsh songs in both the
native languages (Scots, Scots Gaelic, Irish, and
Welsh) as well as English.
She is learning Gaelic
and also delves into ancient Gaelic. She has an avid
interest in archaeology, ancient peoples, and
ancient
languages.
She is currently in the editing
process on her first novel (now under editing, written
under a pen name), Wolf's Bard, Greenwood Shadows
Book 1. To find out more about her book, you
can go to Adele's blog at the
Epic Tales
website.
Besides playing the bagpipe, keyboard, and
the bodhran, Leighton plays tinwhistle and
adds a dose of humor to the presentations.
Leighton is learning how to create
3D software, and is working on a video game
to go along with Adele's book.
Ness plays fiddle, tinwhistle, and joins
with Adele on the Gaelic songs.
Her blog can be found by clicking here .
Robert is the father of the family, and helps out by playing mandolin and background guitar. Don't ask him to sing!
Like Adele, he is working on a series of Christian fantasy novels. Based on
the legends of King Arthur and Merlin, he has named his series "The Merlin Spiral". You can visit his blog at the
Epic Tales
website, where he is writing under a pen name.
- A Man’s A Man For All That
- The Ace And Deuce Of Pipering
- Bold Doherty
- Brian Boru's March
- Driedre's Lament
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- Eamuin A'Chniuc
- Planxty George Brabzon
- Planxty Lady Wrixton
- Quilty Shore
- Young Edward
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A
Chailin Ailuinn
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A Chomharaigh Aoibhinn O
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Aililiu na Gamhna
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An Canan nan Gaeidhial
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An Dhruimfhionn Donn Dilis
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An Nigean Donn Og
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Bimse Fein ag
Iascaireacht (I Myself Go Fishing)
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Braigh Uige
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Casadh an tSugain (Twisting The Straw Rope)
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Caislean Gearr
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Cean Ruadh air an Nighean
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Curraidh Eoghainn
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Ddoi di Dai
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Dheanainn
Sugradh ris an Nighean Dubh
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Eamuinn a' Chnuic
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Eirigh Suas a Stoirin
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Drwy Bach (Welsh Wrenning song)
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Farwel Gwyl Aberffraw
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Ffarwellch
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Gabhaim Molta Brighde
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He Mandu
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Inis Oirr
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Irigh a Sheinid
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Is Truagh nach Bhfuil Me agus Cuil Tuibh na bPearli
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Llwn Own Gynt
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Mari Lwydd
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Mhic Iain 'ic Sheamais
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Moll Dubh a Gleanna
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O Eirigh Me air Maidin
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Oro mo Bhaidin
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Òro Sé Do Bhéatha Bhaíle (Jacobite version)
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Poc air Buile
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Sheatadh Cailleach Ruilleadh Cailleach
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Tha Bainne ag na Caoraich Uile
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Tonnta Chonamara
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Una Bhan
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Boolavogue
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By the Rising of the Moon
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Depairt, Depairt
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Dewey Dens of Yarrow
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Dick o' the Cow
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Heilan' Laddie
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Galway Bay
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Hawthorn Tree
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Master McGraw
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My Love's in Germany
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Robin Hood (Hobbie
Noble)
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Sussex Carol
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The Foggy Dew
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Three Ravens
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The Wren King
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The Wren, the Wren, the King of all birds
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Twa Corbies
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Wexford Carol
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A
Chailin Ailuinn (Bagpipe)
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Amazing Grace (Bagpipe)
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Going Home (Bagpipe)
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Scots Wha Hae (Bagpipe)
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Skyboat Song (Bagpipe)
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The Mountain Dew (Tinwhistle & Bodhran)
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Tabhair Dhomh
do Lamh (Tinwhistle
& Bodhran)
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And many more Tinwhistle tunes.
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Acts And Deeds Of Thyr William Wallace (1st
Book, all 400 lines in Old Scots)
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Battle of Tranent Muir
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Battle of Otterburn
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Bold Archer
(Archie O' Caufield)
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Bonnie Dundee
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Conall Craobh
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Don Oidhche ud I mBeithl
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Do Not Rub Your Eyes
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Execution Of Montrose
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Finn in the House of Death
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Guid Wallace
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Hole In The Piper’s Bag
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Johnnie Cope
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Kinmont Willie
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Lock The Door Larriston (The Raid Of The Reidswier)
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Red Harlaw
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Riddles from the Highlands
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Sean Armstrang (Johnnie Armstrang)
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The Tale of the Tail
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The Three daughters of the King of Lochlann
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Wee Magic Stane
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Young Edward
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