Currently touring Australia!
Currently touring Australia!
The video file is too big to upload directly, so here it is on YouTube. In the spirit of Woody Guthrie, weβre keeping this song alive and sending it out from the woods of Massachusetts to the streets of Minneapolis and everywhere that communities are gathering together in solidarity and resistance
Wassail! Join us for one of our final shows of the year and sing along!
20 Dec - Manchester - HallΓ© St Peterβs
21 Dec - London - Kingβs Place
22 Dec - Cambridge - Junction
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πΆSomerset Wassail, arr. Windborne
TOUR UPDATE! We have a few more weeks of shows but tickets are going fast! Be sure to get yours before theyβre gone βοΈ windbornesingers.com/concerts
Wassail with us! π»ππ²βοΈ
#wassail #folkmusic #folktradition #banjo #jawharp
Have you ever heard of wassailing? We love visiting traditions like these because they bring people together and strengthen communities, which is more important than ever this year. Sharing songs, finding joy, and caring for each other β will you sing with us?
πΆMalpas Wassail, from the Watersons
Where do we stand on the Boarβs Head Carol? Come find out during Music of Midwinter!
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Weβre really excited to bring our Midwinter show to the UK! See you there!
Where will we see you for Music of Midwinter? Windbornesingers.com/concerts
Our Music of Midwinter tour starts next week! Find tix and info on all shows at WindborneSingers.com/concerts
Will we see you there?
Music of Midwinter opens next week! Will we see you at a show or at the livestream on Nov 28? Windbornesingers.com/concerts
ARE YOU VOTING TODAY?
πΆ Song of the Lower Classes, words by Ernest Jones (1819-1869) a leader in the Chartist movement which fought for basic democratic rights in England in the 1830s and 40s. Melody by Ian Robb, arranged by Windborne
Seems like an appropriate moment to repost this
#nokings #protestart #protestsong #raiseyourvoice #singout
What new verses would you write for Which Side Are You On?
Sing them in the streets on Oct 18! Find an event near you with @50501movement.bsky.social
We wrote this arrangement of Cyril Tawneyβs Grey Funnel Line more than ten years ago, and singing it never gets old π Now you can enjoy the full song in all its resonant glory! youtu.be/jsaeaDC0TsQ?...
π§Get your headphones for this one!π§ the reverb in this space was already spectacular, but when the last chord happened to find a resonant frequencyβ¦π€©
Waterbound by Dirk Powell, arr. Windborne
#folkmusic #reverb #harmonysinging #acappella #musicnerd
What does Bread and Roses mean to you? π₯πΉ
Fall tour schedule! Find ticket and more info at windbornesingers.com/concerts
Comment π if you love a toe-tapping song with a good message! We adapted this piece by Le Vent du Nord several years ago and itβs still one of our favorite. Hear it at an upcoming show! Windbornesingers.com/concerts
Weβve been singing Grey Funnel Line by Cyril Tawney for a decade now and we still arenβt tired of it ππ’β€οΈ
What are your favorite folk songs?
To paraphrase Joan Baez: The opposite of despair isnβt hope β it is action
We will not shut up but we will keep singing π₯
Endless thanks to our friend Joe Jencks for this incredible song, Lady of the Harbor π½
#vocalharmony #folkmusic #vocalband #singout #folksongs #raiseyourvoice #statueofliberty #immigrantsarewelcomehere #nooneisillegalonstolenland
Lots of events this summer, including two all day workshops in August!
7/9 - Berea KY +
7/10- Whitesburg KY +
7/13 - Galva IL +
7/18-19 - Greensboro VT^
7/20 - Middlebury VT^
7/31 - Harwich MA +
8/2 - Cambridge MA*
8/9 - Brooklyn NY*
9/18 - Northampton MA +
*workshop
+concert
^concert & workshop
THE PROBLEM IS REALLY THE BILLIONAIRE
This song has been on our minds a lot lately π
These words were written in the 1840s by Chartist leader Ernest Jones. The more things change the more they stay the same π
CALL YOUR REPS and demand they oppose HR 1 βthe big beautiful billβ which gives tax breaks to billionaires while kicking millions off their health care
Weβre always looking for more resonant spaces for spontaneous singingβwhere should we go next?
Grey Funnel Line, by Cyril Tawney, arr. Windborne
Β‘El pueblo unido jamΓ‘s serΓ‘ vencido! The people united will never be defeated!
πΆSummer concerts and singing workshops, including a whole bunch of free events! Weβre particularly excited about all the workshops, which range from 1.5hrs to all day β check out our website for details WindborneSingers.com/concerts
NO MORE WAR
πHappy Pride!π We wrote this parody to poke fun at some of the misguided stereotypes people have about gender and lift up freedom of expression, cuz it turns out that when we try to put something as fluid as gender into a box, it ends up hurting everyone