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Cornish Lads

from Taking Flight by Amelia Hogan

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    Taking Flight Audio CD comes with a beautiful tri-fold, Eco-Wallet two pocket case, of both full color and black and white images, liner notes, lyrics, and details about the music for this project.

    On "Taking Flight," Amelia Hogan sings both traditional and contemporary folk music with lilting grace and subtlety. Weaving a mysterious old magic, Hogan transports her listeners out of time and place with haunting melodies and evocative storytelling. The 16-track album features one original (the title track), which is a joyous a cappella number in four-part harmony, a number of traditional, public domain songs, and interpretations of songs by contemporary
    songwriters including Laurie Lewis, Lankum, David Francey, Anais Mitchell, and Jez Lowe. Photos: Venee Call-Ferrer

    Produced by Hogan at Foxtail Sound in Dixon, CA, with celebrated musicians Ray Frank (co-producer), Richard Mandel, David Brewer, Christa Burch, Rebecca Richman, Maureen Brennan, and Marla Fibish, Taking Flight is a cathartic and healing endeavor. Songs were chosen to acknowledge grief, loss, heartache, hope, and ultimately a joy-filled conclusion. The theme of birds runs through the project. Often seen as a symbol of loss and sorrow, birds also represent hope and healing and the ability to find beauty in the midst of hardship. The intent of this work is to take the listener on a journey through grief and out the other side, as a bird taking flight might.

    Hogan shared, "For many of us, the few years since the spring of 2020 have been full of grief and loss, between death, illness, cultural changes, and unprecedented political upheaval. It feels as if nothing has been left untouched. As I worked through these feelings in my own life, I kept returning to singing and sharing songs related to birds as solace, comfort, and inspiration. No matter how much we feel we’ve been grounded, we can always find a way to take flight again."

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The banjo Ray is playing is an original Washburn banjo from the 1870s, strung with fishing line in a nod to one of the fading industries of Cornwall. This song was composed by Roger Bryant, based partially on graffiti he saw. The entire chorus was painted on the wall outside the South Crofty Mine shortly after it closed in 1998. Legend has it that a policeman came by, took in what was going on, and walked away to let them finish the job.

lyrics

From Newly town we used to sail
Through rain and mist and lashing gale
The mackerel shoals we hoped to find
And soon we've left Land's End behind
I've searched the seven stones all around
But not a sign or shoal we've found
Round Island light is now in sight
But Scillies are a barren ground
Chorus
Well Cornish lads are fishermen
And Cornish lads are miners too
But when the fish and tin are gone
What are the Cornish boys to do?
The winding engines used to sing
A melody to Cornish tin
And Geevor lads they all would grin
At pay day on a Friday
The water now reclaims the mine
And young men talk of old men's time
And go to work in gold or coal
Or face a life upon the dole
Chorus
The hammer of the auction man
Is the only sound we soon will hear
And visitors will make the noise
And order drinks from Cornish boys
We'll do as we have done before
Go out to roam the wild world o'er
Wherever sea or ship are found
Or there's a hole down underground
Alternate Chorus
Well Cornish lads are fishermen
And Cornish lads are miners too
So when the fish and tin are gone
That's what the Cornish boys will do

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from Taking Flight, released December 1, 2022
Cornish Lads- Roger Bryant
Amelia Hogan-vocals, Ray Frank-banjo

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Amelia Hogan San Francisco, California

Amelia Hogan sings traditional Irish, Scottish, British American, and Contemporary folk music with lilting graces and powerful subtlety. You’ll be transported by her singing,
She has enchanted audiences from Oregon to New York, Dublin to San Francisco and back again. ... more

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