music post

[kmusser]

Random music time. My first song is "Morning Glory" by The Crimson Pirates. Morning Glory is a traditional Irish song that's a standard at renaissance faires and Celtic music festivals and I have 5 versions in my collection. I have questions about this sailor, I mean I'm all for free love, but sleeping with 4 sisters still seems a little sketchy. Anyway the Crimson Pirates are a lot of fun, they perform at the Maryland Renaissance Festival every year for their "pirate weekend" and are still doing the faire circuit, or will be when the pandemic lifts. I believe most of them are from New York so I hope they are staying safe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eFB4FEV5QU

Here's a clip of them doing this song at the New York Rennaissance Festival and you can visit their site at https://www.crimsonpirates.com/.

For something completely different I got "Ariadne" by The Crüxshadows from the Dreamcypher album, their 7th. Sam introduced me to the Crüxshadows after seeing them at Dragoncon and I love them in all their gothy glory. Ariadne is a figure from Greek mythology, claimed and then abandoned by Theseus. This song about being left behind and is pretty typical of their style including the mythological theme. They are still going strong and were on tour when the pandemic hit and hopefully will be back on stages soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0_TYSoKKlQ