s/t, by Fern Knight

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1.	Bemused 04:47	buy track
2.	Silver Fox 07:38	buy track
3.	Sundew 03:29	buy track
4.	Loch Na Fooey 05:03	buy track
5.	Hawk Mountain 04:47	buy track
6.	Synge's Chair 07:41	buy track
7.	Magpie Suite: Prelude 03:41	buy track
8.	Magpie Suite: Part II 04:39	buy track
9.	Magpie Suite: Part III 04:18	buy track

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Third CD of beautiful music from Fern Knight, led by the crystal voice, guitar, and strings of Margie Wienk. Drawing from diverse influences such as Krautrock, UK folk and early baroque and renaissance music, Fern Knight's eponymous recording juxtaposes the calm surface of harp, cello, and violin against the perfectly-timed distorted squalls of Jim Ayre's Flying V and a dark undercurrent of lyrical and vocal mystery. The overall effect is a lush, pastoral and warm ode to all things green and living, a running theme that winds through the songs: "All is lost / and all will run / over graying ground / to the rays of the sun," sings Wienk in the album's closing track, "Magpie Suite Part III." The album's cohesion rests upon the core quartet's combination of acoustic and electronic instruments, providing the perfect vehicle for Wienk's unique song writing and string arrangements. Since the 2006 release of "Music for Witches and Alchemists" (vhf#101), Fern has toured extensively in the US and Europe, as well touring and recording along side contemporaries Greg Weeks and Brooke Sietinsons of Espers and Tara Burke of Fursaxa in Drag City artists The Valarie Project.

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released August 31, 2018

All songs by Margaret Wienk (Goats and Wolves, BMI)
Produced by Margaret Wienk
Recorded by Greg Weeks at Hexham Head, Philadelphia, PA
Mixed by Brian McTear at Miner Street Recordings, Philadelphia, PA
Mastered by Paul Hammond and Paul Sinclair at Fat City, Blue Bell, PA
Cover design by Brooke Sietinsons and layout by Jim Ayre
Photos ©2007 Alissa Anderson

Margaret Wienk - singing, acoustic guitar, cello, double bass,
harmonium, triangle, Arp Odyssey, metallophone
Jesse Sparhawk - harp, electric bass
Jim Ayre - Flying V, drums, percussion
James Wolf - violin

Greg Weeks: backing vocals, drums and Arp Odyssey on Prelude;
recorder on II; electric guitar on III
Gillian Chadwick & Orion Rigel Dommisse: backing vocals on Prelude;
boys’ choir on Part III

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