Sammy Davies takes a fresh look at Psalm 51

This is is a bit of a sea shanty. A sailor decides to go back to sea but then regrets his decision. From the singing of Luke Kelly and the Dubliners. The hero of this tale recommends getting married and staying in bed all day as an alternative…

A song about working for a dodgy builder in England called McAlpine. Because of the harsh regimented working conditions his workers nicknamed themselves McAlpines "Fusiliers". From the singing of Ronnie Drew of the Dubliners.

A song by the Furey Brothers about stealing away.

Another Contempory song absorbed into the Irish folk / ballad scene. Again from the singing of Christy Moore

A contemporary song written by Jimmy McCarthy and adopted into the Irish ballad scene. From the singing of Christy Moore.

Alright, so it turns out that I lied. THIS song is actually #60 of 2009. I forgot about how I turned the instrumental "lucid traum" into the spoken word 'drama' "wake me up" for a class project. (http://yelyah.com/music/song/lucid-traum…

I try to sing :)

Very apropos to my situation right now.

no synth, just guitars, drums and bass

guitars, synths, tabla, tambourine, and elephants (the lead melody at around 01:40)

courtney keesee on vox. back in the good old woodshed collective days. listen for the thunder in the background as we were recording.

just a ridiculous song

a musical reading of a beautiful text

an old song but more recent recording with drums

A song recorded over a rainy summer Saturday.

Most recent and favorite recording i made in a while.

The Polka is thought to have originated in eastern europe by the Czechs. The people of west kerry in Ireland took the polka into their heart and are renowned for their own polkas. The two polkas in this recording are known to me as "John Ryans…

Another tale of Irish immigration! Set to the melody of a Gordon Lightfoot song "The sinking of the... (I forget the name of the ship!)